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In strict sects, media pose a puzzle

The author of this study about Amish and Jewish women is a media scholar whose own life correlates with that of her subjects. Rivka Neriya-Ben

Rachel Waltner Goossen | For Anabaptist World

May 22, 2025

God made us ‘cultural creatures’

I’m familiar with the idea in scripture that each person is created in the image of God. As J.W. Buck notes in his book, In

Mary Ann Zehr | For Anabaptist World

May 5, 2025

The economic side of making peace

For 15 years I have of volunteered for a group that helps people get out of poverty and thrive. I’ve learned much from the many

Gordon Houser | For Anabaptist World

February 26, 2025

Finding salvation in the anger

Anger is a messenger. In Rachel Yoder’s critically acclaimed debut novel, Nightbitch, the protagonist’s anger is a relentless messenger, a primal drumbeat. It pushes as she fumbles to hear it, channel it and follow it to unimagined possibilities.

Anne Marie Hardy Spelman | For Anabaptist World

February 26, 2025

A church’s conflict and signs of hope

Pulitzer Prize-winning author ­Eliza Griswold has written a powerful book about a specific set of people that offers lessons for every church and pastor. A

Gordon Houser | For Anabaptist World

December 24, 2024

Speaking of identity, love eases tension

I wish I had read Christie Penner Worden’s The Me I Was Made to Be a decade ago when my sons were entering adolescence and

Melanie Springer Mock | For Anabaptist World

November 26, 2024

Rural soil still fertile for faith

Though I live in a town of fewer than 2,500 people, I don’t consider my community rural. We’re not close enough to Portland, Ore., to

Melanie Springer Mock | For Anabaptist World

October 24, 2024

A peaceful yet pugnacious theologian

I first met j. Denny Weaver at a Mennonite theology conference in the late 1980s. It was my first such conference. Having recently com­pleted graduate

Ted Grimsrud | For Anabaptist World

June 29, 2024

Parable refutes the legal gospel

The Prodigal Son is one of Jesus’ best-known parables. Those raised in the church could no doubt recite the story’s main plot points by memory:

Melanie Springer Mock | For Anabaptist World

May 24, 2024

Flourishing by simplifying

Above my kitchen sink is a window, as there was in each of my grandparents’ homes. When I’m washing dishes, among other times, I often

Celeste Kennel-Shank | For Anabaptist World

April 30, 2024

The struggle over education’s purpose

While reading John D. Roth’s social history of Goshen College, the words of Ecclesiastes 1:9 came to mind: “There is nothing new under the sun.”

Melanie Springer Mock | For Anabaptist World

March 3, 2024

What does your food say about you?

Marlene Epp, a Canadian historian specializing in gender, migration and Mennonite culture, focuses on relationships between Mennonites and food in Eating Like a Mennonite. She

Rachel Waltner Goossen | For Anabaptist World

February 7, 2024
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