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We need patience

Could we focus on unity in 2015? Without taking sides in the same-sex marriage issue, we could remind ourselves that the church has authority to

Rachel Stella

January 5, 2015

Narcissism in ‘Exodus’

Last month, Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods & Kings capped off a year of biblical films. Like Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, it is a Bible epic made

Carmen Andres

January 5, 2015

How a false prophet led Amish to violence

The attacks on Amish families described in Renegade Amish feel entirely surreal: because they were perpetuated by other Amish and because they were so violent,

Melanie Springer Mock

January 5, 2015

Couple third in ‘Amazing Race’ competition

Adam Dirks and Bethany Hamilton finished in third place on CBS’s The Amazing Race reality television competition. The final episode aired Dec. 19. Dirks is

Mennonite World Review staff

January 5, 2015

German services come to an end at Alberta church

Calgary, Alta. — Fond memories and deep gratitude mixed with feelings of loss as First Mennonite Church held its last German worship service Nov. 9.

Donita Wiebe-Neufeld | Canadian Mennonite

January 5, 2015

What lifts us up

“Give us more uplifting news,” said a reader. “Just tell the truth of God’s Word,” another wrote. “It is discouraging to read articles that don’t

Paul Schrag

January 5, 2015

Bethel writing class helps unheard group find a voice

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Whatever Ami Regier, Bethel College professor of literary studies, might have expected from venturing into prison, it wasn’t that the experience would make her a better teacher and person.

Regier has been traveling to the East Unit, a minimum-security section of Hutchinson Correctional Facility, regularly since last spring. This fall, Will Shoup, a senior literary studies major, joined her.

Melanie Zuercher | Bethel College

January 5, 2015

MCC responds to needs of displaced in Ukraine

WINNIPEG, Man. — As people in Ukraine continue to be forced from their homes by violence, Mennonite Central Committee is asking for donations to support its work with church partners that are responding to the needs of displaced people.

Violence and armed conflicts have forced hundreds of thousands of people to seek safety in neighboring countries and within Ukraine. Tens of thousands of people have been killed and wounded.

“Every person has to decide how to respond,” said . . .

Gladys Terichow | Mennonite Central Committee

January 5, 2015

To the president, at war with Islamic State

Dear Mr. President: No doubt the group calling itself the Islamic State poses many challenges. Their actions are violent and horrifying to many people in

Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach

January 5, 2015

Indigenous witness

On Nov. 16, 1885, Louis Riel, a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of western Canada, was executed in Regina, Sask., on the

John D. Roth

January 5, 2015