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Summer’s End: A Baptism, a Birthday, and a Wedding

August 24, 2025 by Susan Burkholder 6 Comments

Yellow and red flowers

This summer has been wet and buggy, but it's coming to an end. For the past week or two, the mornings and evenings have been delightfully cool, the school buses have been running, and I'm ready for a new season. I didn't have any big adventures this summer, but I thought I'd write a newsy, circle-letter like blogpost about the past month. On August 3, my niece, Angie, was baptized in Mill Creek at Lancaster Mennonite School, along with three other young people from Crossway Mennonite … [Read more...] about Summer’s End: A Baptism, a Birthday, and a Wedding

Filed Under: Community, Family Tagged With: Faith, family

Book Review: The Myth of the Dying Church by Glenn T. Stanton

October 9, 2019 by Susan Burkholder 8 Comments

Book The Myth of the Dying Church in front of a church building

It's a book that seems too good to be true: Christianity isn't declining, in fact, authentic Christian faith is on the rise, both in the United States and globally. This is the message of The Myth of the Dying Church: How Christianity is Actually Thriving in America and the World (Worthy Publishing, 2019). The author, Glenn T. Stanton, is a researcher, columnist, lecturer, and debater, and directs the Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family. He makes his living doing research … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Myth of the Dying Church by Glenn T. Stanton

Filed Under: Books, Community, Faith Tagged With: book review, Christianity, church, Faith

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