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Yoder-Short: Living the Story

Jane Yoder-Short

The many what-ifs of loving your neighbor

“Who is my neighbor?” I understand the lawyer’s need for a clear answer from Jesus. Jesus answers the question with the story of a Samaritan

Jane Yoder-Short

June 20, 2016

Unsettling stories

“The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it.” The Bible says some unsettling things. Multiple bloodbaths clear the way for The Chosen. Smashers

Jane Yoder-Short

May 9, 2016

All are in God’s circle

Recently a teacher was explaining how even preschool kids know who is in and who is out. They know who they want in their block-building

Jane Yoder-Short

March 28, 2016

Freed from madness

Imagine a violent tormented sociopath transforming into a person in their right mind. Imagine pigs running and drowning in the sea. Some stories are just

Jane Yoder-Short

February 15, 2016

Whose lives matter?

An expert in political science asks Jesus about his support for Samaritan Lives Matter. Apparently, Jesus had told a story with a Samaritan hero and

Jane Yoder-Short

January 4, 2016

Odd couple in a chariot

The Bible storybook image of this odd couple is a curiosity. Philip, the insider, dressed in drab beige, runs beside a jewel-studded chariot carrying a

Jane Yoder-Short

November 23, 2015

Complicated lines

Life is complicated for Daniel. Training to become a civil servant in a foreign country is tricky. Taking classes on the wisdom and literature of

Jane Yoder-Short

October 12, 2015

The price of privilege

Ben Goossen, a scholar examining the relationship of Mennonite identity and German nationalism, said at Mennonite World Conference, “It is important to understand that playing

Jane Yoder-Short

August 31, 2015

Forbearance’s flavors

With Mennonite Church USA delegates passing “Forbearance in the Midst of Differences,” some of us are encouraged. Others, who were hoping for a step toward

Jane Yoder-Short

July 20, 2015

Listening, while the winds blow as they may

“Forbearance” is buzzing around in our Mennonite Church USA conversations. The dictionary defines it as “patient self-control; restraint and tolerance.” Will forbearance become more than

Jane Yoder-Short

June 8, 2015

Where is the line?

Jokingly I told a Mennonite farmer that we should be discussing glyphosate at our denominational convention. Can a Mennonite farmer spray glyphosate, the herbicide in

Jane Yoder-Short

April 27, 2015

Stop giving bonus points for success

Sociologist Dalton Conley explained on NPR’s Here and Now how families become less cohesive when one sibling is significantly richer than the others. Money triggers

Jane Yoder-Short

March 16, 2015
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