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In the streets of my city

An elderly woman sleeps nearby the Dunkin' Donuts where I stop each morning to get a cup of coffee. A sunburned old man with a

Calenthia Dowdy

May 26, 2014

All-consuming attitudes

North Americans have cultivated an attitude of disregard for our own habitat. We drive the most. We live in the biggest houses. We create the

Kelli Yoder

May 26, 2014

Bridge building the MDS way

WEBSTER SPRINGS, W.Va. — Forty feet isn’t a long walk, but it can be a difficult journey when the creek between your house and the road is running high and the bridge is out.

Almost a year and a half after their link to the road was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, Garcie and Josephine Cogar are happily walking their new 120-foot swinging bridge built by Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers.

The Cogars’ plight was brought to the attention of Larry Stoner, MDS disaster response coordinator, by the Red Cross of West Virginia.

Barbara Weaver | Mennonite Disaster Service

May 26, 2014

Bethel rhyme celebrates commencement time

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Bethel College’s class of 2014 may be among the rare few who actually remember the commencement address. That’s for at least

Melanie Zuercher | Bethel College

May 26, 2014

Children returning to Manitoba Old Order community

An Old Order Mennonite community in Manitoba has welcomed back half of its children who were removed by social workers in June 2013 due to

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

May 26, 2014

Rwandans head home with Congolese help

BUKAVU, Congo — In spite of tense relationships between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Rwanda, two Mennonite Central Committee partner organizations are working together to support the peaceful return of Rwandan refugees to their home country.

Twenty years ago, in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, nearly 2 million people fled into Congo. Most were Rwandan civilians, but some were the soldiers and militiamen . . .

Patrick Maxwell | Mennonite Central Committee

May 26, 2014

French Connections

Hilaire Louis Jean came home from the Democratic Republic of Congo admiring the Mennonites he met there.

“I feel that the African Mennonites are more Mennonite than people in Mennonite churches in the U.S.,” said Louis Jean, pastor of Church of . . .

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mennonite Mission Network

May 26, 2014
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