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Always an outsider

What happens when a North American of a different subculture joins a “traditional Mennonite” congregation whose immigrant ancestors were already Anabaptist when they first arrived

Richard Showalter

May 9, 2016

Home is belonging, not owning

Ninety-nine Homes has a rare mix in a film: It’s suspenseful, yet deals with complex ethical issues. The drama centers on the lives of people

Celeste Kennel-Shank

April 25, 2016

Christianity’s ‘exaggerated stuff’

“Yes, we are Christians,” an elderly man said on a sidewalk on the Greek island of Milos after giving directions to my wife, Ellen, and

J. Nelson Kraybill

April 25, 2016

Bible: Jesus, the discomforter

Jesus certainly makes us uncomfortable in this selection from Luke 17. Verses 1-10 are a collection of Jesus’ sayings. First is a warning not to

Lois Y. Barrett

April 25, 2016

Anglican Mennonites

What’s the fastest-growing Mennonite church in Winnipeg? St. Margaret’s Anglican. That joke came back to me early this month when I learned that the General

John Longhurst

April 25, 2016

Book review: ‘Bearing Witness’

An elected public official who refuses to fulfill the responsibilities of her position is lauded as a martyr when she is briefly jailed. Businesses that

Rich Preheim

April 25, 2016

Spirit’s strange words

I am fascinated by the power and possibility of Pentecost. Whether the speakers were suddenly gifted with new languages or the hearers simply understood the

Stephen Kriss

April 25, 2016

A pilgrim’s sight

As I headed for retreat in Arizona’s Verde Valley, words of Eastern Mennonite Seminary colleague Linda Alley, insights honed as spiritual director, still rang: “I

Michael A. King

April 11, 2016

How I teach history differently

A student wanted to know: Why did I tell such negative stories about this country? Our country does good things, too. The purpose of teaching

John E. Sharp

April 11, 2016

Bible: Redeemed from the depths

You have to know something about pigs to understand these two passages from the Gospel of Luke. First-century Jews did not raise pigs; they did

Lois Y. Barrett

April 11, 2016

Peace, newly popular

The word on everybody’s lips right now when speaking of Colombia is “peace.” There are encouraging signs and broad support for a negotiated peace accord

Charissa Zehr

April 11, 2016

Book review: ‘An Increase in Time’

This is not an average congregational history. But Germantown Mennonite Church is not an average congregation. Richard Lichty, the author of An Increase in Time: Story

Daniel Hertzler

April 11, 2016
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