May 3, 2023 – DEVOTION: A Blog by Brethren Life and Thought

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Confessions: A Reflection – Harriet Sider Bicksler

Published on : May 3, 2023May 26, 2023 Published by : Chibuzo Nimmo Petty

For eight months in 2021 and early 2022, I participated in a Be the Bridge (to racial unity) discussion group organized by my congregation’s Peace and Social Justice Commission. Be the Bridge is grounded in the belief that racial reconciliation is a reflection of the Bible’s call to all Christians […]

Ontologies of Gracious Abundance and Practices of Sharing in the Gospels of John – Isaac Zika

Published on : May 3, 2023 Published by : Chibuzo Nimmo Petty

The basic view of the world that I was raised with can perhaps be sketched by relating a story. A long-time friend of my parents visited us for a day in order to teach me and my older brother about the art of business. He had been more or less […]

Part of an art installation at the Community Room on King, the multipurpose space Veritas uses as its worship space and shares with local artists and community members throughout the week.

Image Credit: Oakton Church of the Brethren

Image Credit: Alyssa Parker

Image Credit: Anabaptist Communicators

This image of Dirk Willems has become a famous representation of the Historic Peace Churches. Wilems was a martyred Anabaptist from Netherlands who escaped from prison, rescued his pursuer who had fallen through thin ice only to be recaptured, tortured, and killed for his faith.