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Eight streams flow for peace

Like the word “peace,” “nonviolence” carries different meanings. It invites several questions: What is violence? How does one oppose it? Is that done only individually,

Gordon Houser | For Anabaptist World

June 12, 2022

A house of faith, rebuilt better

As a young Christian, I was taught faith is constructed from the ground up. At the foundation is belief in objective, universal truth, grounded in

David C. Cramer | For Anabaptist World

May 22, 2022

More than platitudes on mental health

I met a former student for coffee, and our talk turned to the mental health challenges she’d navigated during her teen years. Only vaguely aware

Melanie Springer Mock | For Anabaptist World

May 4, 2022

Wartime questions of conscience

When a historian compares today’s political divisions in the United States to conditions during the Civil War, do you imagine what it would be like

Carol Lehman

March 24, 2022

People of the land, around the world

Mennonite Farmers is the result of a multiyear collaboration of the author, Winnipeg-based historian Royden Loewen, with scholars John Eicher, Hans Peter Fast, Susie Fisher,

Anabaptist World | Rachel Waltner Goossen

March 1, 2022

From first mission site to MWC host

For anyone thinking about attending the 17th Mennonite World Conference global assembly in Indonesia on July 5-10, A Cloud of Witnesses is for you. Roth,

Gordon Houser

February 6, 2022

Conflict: gateway to positive change

If, as Betty Pries writes, “the place of the deeper self is the location of oneness between self and other,” it follows that our journeys

Ted Lewis

January 21, 2022

Books for the path of peace and justice

It's probably no surprise, given my chosen work, that I love to read. To start the year, I thought I’d share a short list of

Danielle Klotz

January 21, 2022

Redefining how to love enemies

I decided to invite a community leader out for coffee. She’d played a role in creating policies I believed were harmful for students in our

Anabaptist World | Melanie Springer Mock

December 20, 2021

Heroic survivor finds her voice

In Behind blue Curtains, Lizzy Hershberger writes of the sexual abuse she was made to endure throughout her childhood in Swartzendruber Amish communities. With the

Jeanette Harder

November 27, 2021

To be antiracist, know you are loved

In the span of six weeks this summer, my hometown made national news three times, for all the wrong reasons. A teacher’s aide went to

Melanie Springer Mock | For Anabaptist World

October 26, 2021

Africanists moved beyond colonialism

As a daughter of Mennonite missionaries to Congo/Zaire and a leader in Mennonite Central Committee, I was delighted to read about direct engagement with African

Ruth Keidel Clemens | For Anabaptist World

October 5, 2021

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