Tag: parenthood

  • A mother’s ‘yes’

    A mother’s ‘yes’

    Part I: For Junia Grace, 2017   Photo by Taylor Summach I don’t like to write sermons. I am, at best, an unlikely preacher in our small Mennonite church.   I languished through theology courses in college, earning mostly high C’s. I feel easily overwhelmed when researching scripture, and I have no knowledge whatsoever of…

  • It hinges on a hyphen

    It hinges on a hyphen

    Let me be honest with you: I don’t want my kids to be evangelical Christians when they grow up. It was only recently, in one of those rare moments of fatherly self-awareness, that I realized this. My teens are clearly not following my route into the Christian faith. Shouldn’t I be concerned about this? I…