by Rae Halder | Jan 19, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
I’ve been debating whether or not to post this for the past 24+ hours. To say that it is embarrassing is an understatement. I showed my closest friend the video below, asking their honest opinion on whether or not I should launch a vlogging (video blog) series...
by Rae Halder | Nov 19, 2015 | Features, Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog
*This is a cross-post from Rae’s new blog “Heart of Thought,” which she began “in response to reading about theology, philosophy, and experiences of god without getting the opportunity to theologize, philosophize, and talk about my own daily...
by Rae Halder | Jul 18, 2015 | Our Stories Untold Blog
Rae wrote a version of this piece, originally posted on Facebook, late on Friday, July 3, after attending the Mennonite Church USA’s “Service of Lament and Hope” for survivors of sexual abuse. The service came a day after MCUSA delegates passed two seemingly...
by Rae Halder | Mar 12, 2015 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
Walking back to the retreat house from a morning mass service at St. Benedict’s Snowmass monastery, Buzz saddled up to me and asked if he could disrupt my silence. It was day 5 of a 10 day semi-silent centering prayer meditation retreat. Buzz and I had conversed...
by Rae Halder | Jan 12, 2015 | Our Stories Untold Blog
In the past week two major Mennonite news items were released into the web-sphere: the long-awaited January edition of the Mennonite Quarterly Review devoted to sexual abuse in the Mennonite Church and particularly focused on John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse of...
