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‘Longest night’ vigils for Gaza lament genocide, call for cease-fire

“Longest Night for Gaza” vigils in a dozen locations across the United States and Canada grieved Dec. 21-22 for the 14-month genocide in Gaza.

Mennonite Action

December 23, 2024

Five things Friday roundup: Music for the mood, also known as songs for the season

Like many, music has always affected me deeply. Some of my happiest childhood memories are of dancing in the middle of the living room to

Jennie Wintermote | Anabaptist World

December 20, 2024

Five things Friday roundup: Reflections on Advent words

This year has been an incredibly difficult one for me personally and also for many around me. Significant relationship break-ups, work dismissals, family issues, financial

Andrea De Avila | For Anabaptist World

December 13, 2024

John Lee Spicher

John Lee Spicher, 88, of Woodcrest Villa, Lancaster, PA, died in his home surrounded by family and under the strawberry moon, June 21, 2024. John

Anabaptist World

Lonnie E. Bartel

Lonnie E. Bartel, 61, of Iowa City, Iowa, died May 18, 2024, after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born Nov. 21, 1962,

Anabaptist World

Dorothy Leora Wissler Zehr

Dorothy Leora (Wissler) Zehr, 84, died Feb. 10, 2024, in Goshen, Ind. She was born in 1939 in Rothsville, Pa., the eldest of eight children

Anabaptist World

Master craftsman

What did Jesus learn from his father? Maybe the skills and values my carpenter dad taught me.

Chad Martin

December 19, 2023

Five things Friday roundup: Christmas in Bethlehem

In 2019, my partner and I did a few weeks of service in Palestine with Community Peacemaker Teams. Afterwards, my grandparents joined us, and we

For Anabaptist World | Andrea De Avila

December 15, 2023

Rachel’s tears

This, too, is Christmas: mourning with the anguished, proclaiming defiant hope

Will O’Brien

December 15, 2023

An Advent reflection on Matthew 2:16-18

History often has a way of repeating itself. And now, within recent days, weeks, and months, it has done so again, in terrifying and viciously

Dorothy Jean Weaver | For Anabaptist World

December 11, 2023

Christmas is canceled in Bethlehem

There will be no Christmas in Bethlehem this year. At least not any large festivities. The tree in Manger Square will not be decorated. In one church nativity, the baby Jesus lies in a pile of rubble.

Tammy Alexander | Mennonite Central Committee

December 8, 2023

Five things Friday roundup: Advent books and cranberry sauce

1. Advent at Home Mennonite Education Agency has put out Advent at Home materials for this waiting season we find ourselves in. Taken from the

Joanne Gallardo | For Anabaptist World

December 1, 2023

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