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Giving thanks in an anxious world

I came across some Thanksgiving statistics: Eighty-eight percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day. An individual might consume an average of 4,500 calories at Thanks­­giving

John Powell

November 23, 2015

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

Bible: Sabbath-keeping, empire-breaking

I’ve never been very good at keeping the Sabbath. To my knowledge, this is the only case where public admission of habitual commandment-breaking might actually

Meghan Good

November 23, 2015

What doesn’t change

Change is in the air. Telephones I started using yesterday are antiques. Email is ancient. The Berlin Wall, which I visited as a 19-year-old, was

Richard Showalter

November 23, 2015

Book review: ‘Nonviolent Action’

Most people know, at least generally, what Mohandas K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. did to effect change with nonviolence. But can you name

Ted Lewis

November 23, 2015

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people; no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of

J. Nelson Kraybill

November 10, 2015

Bible: Paul, the restless preacher

The next four cities Paul and his companions visit — Thessalonica, Berea, Athens and Corinth — are all in what is now Greece. As they

Reta Halteman Finger

November 10, 2015

Autumn needs All Saints Day

While the family photos of friends and their children in some really terrific All Hallows Eve costumes in my Facebook news feed are a fading

Malinda Elizabeth Berry

November 10, 2015

Our history is absorbed into our whiteness

In the beginning of his acclaimed book Between You and Me, written as a letter to his adolescent son, Ta-Nehisi Coates wonders how Mennonites came

Stephen Kriss

November 10, 2015

USA and Canada — alike yet different

In many ways, Americans and Canadians are so much alike. We watch the same movies and TV, read the same books, watch the same sports,

John Longhurst

November 10, 2015

Caring for self is a must

In some circles, the term “self-care” is so overused as to elicit groans. In other places, the most likely response is, “What’s that?” In the

Celeste Kennel-Shank

November 10, 2015

Book review: ‘A Living Alternative’

Some of the brightest new voices in the Anabaptist tradition fill a recent anthology, A Living Alternative: Anabaptist Christianity in a Post-Christendom World. Twenty contributors offer

Melodie M. Davis

November 9, 2015
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