June 20, 2016 | Page 2 of 2 | Anabaptist World

Burkina Faso community defuses conflict with love

In a land that closely resembles the place Jesus lived, his words still prove true. The people of Sidi, Burkina Faso, plant their fields with the tools and methods described in the New Testament. They draw water from wells and feed their families with crops they harvest. Some of them live by Jesus’ teaching to love enemies.

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen, Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission | Mennonite Mission Network

June 20, 2016

Book review: ‘Breakaway Amish’

As a distinct religious and social group, the Amish have grown used to having their lives reported and interpreted by outsiders. Scholars study them. Novelists

Daniel Hertzler

June 20, 2016

Self-inflicted wound

“Physician, heal yourself!” Jesus expected that the skeptics would hurl this challenge when he announced God’s reign of peace (Luke 4:23). Today, Mennonite Church USA

Paul Schrag

June 20, 2016

The violence of shame

I call the members of the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board who counseled Villegas to resign to stand accountable before the church. Such action amounts

Letters

June 20, 2016

Not our own authority

I have read MWR most of my adult life. Only in recent decades have these pages reported serious disagreement on appropriate sexual behavior. Opposite positions

Letters

June 20, 2016

MC Canada Youth Assembly canceled due to low numbers

WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Church Canada’s Youth Assembly has been canceled. The event was planned for 200 people, but only a handful could commit.

Dan Dyck | Mennonite Church Canada

June 20, 2016

Bible: No better than the Romans?

The impact of Paul’s letter to the Romans on Christian theology cannot be overstated — though different Christian traditions disagree profoundly on how to interpret

Ted Grimsrud

June 20, 2016