July 6, 2015 | Anabaptist World

Love should never feel like a lost cause

I dared to hope that the decisions in Thursday’s delegate sessions at #MennoCon15 would surprise me. They did not. Yet last night I felt as

Meghan Florian

July 6, 2015

Claiborne tells MC USA community is possible

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Writer and activist Shane Claiborne called members of Mennonite Church USA to dust off their romance with Jesus and not be afraid to look a bit odd while doing it in the closing worship session of the MC USA convention July 5.

Speaking before a joint gathering of youth and adults, Claiborne said institutions of all kinds are losing young people at an astronomical rate because people see how little institutions do and how much individuals can.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 6, 2015

Worship service confronts convention’s wounds

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The emotional wounds inflicted by discourse and decisions in the Mennonite Church USA convention delegate hall were the focus of a contemplative

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 6, 2015

“Hey, denomination, can I bend your ear for a tick?” Part 1

Last year, Anna Groff asked me to join the team of bloggers for The Mennonite, and I said yes. I even had a plan for

malindaberry

July 6, 2015

Palestine, racial justice statements pass; relatives of LGBT people lament exclusion

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Words of lament by relatives of LGBT people and resolutions supporting Middle East peacemakers and condemning the fatal shooting of nine

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

July 6, 2015

Anabaptist Nation

Fans of just about every sports team these days like to call themselves a Nation. They’re saying: We are many, we are passionate. The claim

Paul Schrag

July 6, 2015

New day, new path

As I close in on 30, I’m looking back on my 29 years and the choices I have made. I wonder if I’ve done enough

Kelli Yoder

July 6, 2015

Evana hires pastor of development, makes autumn plans

NEW PARIS, Ind. — Evana Network, a community of evangelical Anabaptist churches set to launch in September, has hired Wes Furlong as pastor of church

Evana Network

July 6, 2015

Colonists in Mexico: a misunderstood people

Many U.S. and Canadian Mennonites think of German-speaking Mennonites in Mexico as a backward people in a wild-west country. We read of Mennonites involved in

Edgar Stoesz | For Mennonite World Review

July 6, 2015

God is love, or nothing

In the wake of Mennonite Church USA’s fierce conflict over the acceptance — or not — of LGBT brothers and sisters, it is ironic that

Letters

July 6, 2015