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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Camille Dager has served as the multimedia news and information editor for Mennonite Church USA since October 2019. She attends Deep Run Mennonite Church West, Perkasie, Pennsylvania. ______________________________________________ Examples of transformation were easy to see in my area of Eastern Pennsylvania this spring and summer, as Brood X cicadas emerged in late May in a remarkable display. These creatures have an amazing ability to adapt. For 17 years, they are tucked away underground, sucking the juice of tree roots. Then, miraculously, they emerge from the ground, within days of each other, into a world that’s brand new to them. Once above ground, they instinctively crawl to the nearest tree or plant and immediately burst out of their...
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Sue Park-Hur is the denominational minister for Transformative Peacemaking for Mennonite Church USA, overseeing the peace and justice related issues. She also supervises Women in Leadership. Park-Hur co-directs ReconciliAsian, a peace center in Los Angeles specializing in conflict transformation and restorative justice for immigrant churches. A former co-lead pastor and co-church planter, her passion is to see the church living out the shalom of the gospel. Park-Hur is trained in Intercultural Development Inventory and is a Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) practitioner. She has a graduate degree in...
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Wil LaVeist is chief communications officer for Mennonite Church USA and senior executive for advancement for Mennonite Mission Network. He is a veteran journalist, author and professor of journalism at the University of Maryland Global Campus. ______________________________________________ Beginning in January, a brilliant, red cardinal has been visiting outside our condo window. He first made himself known by landing on the sideview mirror of my silver car, parked in front of my 10-story building. He pecked and pecked and fluttered about as if he wanted to hop into the passenger seat...
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This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Iris de León-Hartshorn serves as associate executive director of Operations and director of Human Resources for Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). She represents the staff on MC USA’s Leadership Discernment Committee and works to promote anti-racism and intercultural competency by providing leadership for various people of color organizations, such as MC USA’s Racial Ethnic Council, and by convening leadership gatherings, including Hope for the Future. ______________________________________________ When I think about the word “transformation,” I immediately think about the word “becoming” — like a...
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