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Marriage put chaotic life in Old Order

It is rare to get an insider’s view of Amish life. It is rarer to get that view from an “English” person who joined the

March 16, 2015

On the paths with Muslims

David Shenk, longtime East Africa missionary and Eastern Mennonite Missions ambassador and administrator, is also a widely read interpreter of Christian mission in Islamic contexts.

John A. Lapp

March 2, 2015

Left behind in the Soviet Union

North American Anabaptists might skim the surface of refugees’ plight by watching the news from their easy chairs. A Strong Frailty peels away this safe

Laurie Oswald Robinson

February 16, 2015

Can a peace church make peace within?

Some years ago, John Paul Lederach, international peacebuilder, received good advice from his young daughter before he went to a meeting to discuss his work

Ron Hertzler

February 2, 2015

What is really important?

Three generations of the Lehman family of Wisconsin come to the annual Thanksgiving celebration with a complicated understanding of what holds them together as a

Katie Funk Wiebe

January 19, 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

The changing face of conservatism

Conservative Mennonite Conference is a body of 104 congregations with about 11,000 members. It was born in 1910 at Pigeon, Mich. Today its institutional center

James C. Juhnke

December 22, 2014

How to be Amish and happy

Dear Loren Beachy, When I heard about your book, I recalled that tourists visit the Amish, scholars study them and fiction writers use them with

Daniel Hertzler

December 8, 2014

Despite missteps, Latinos joined Mennonites

Felipe Hinojosa describes the struggle of Latinas and Latinos to become part of the Mennonite church in the United States. He starts with Mennonite missionary

Isaac S. Villegas

December 4, 2014

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