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I attended my first binational conference ministers gathering in December. This meeting happens annually with conference leaders from Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA. It’s

Stephen Kriss

February 17, 2014

Who can tame the tongue?

As a young Christian stumbling on James 3:2, I remember feeling relieved. You mean all I have to do to achieve moral perfection is get

Meghan Good

February 3, 2014

But what will we do?

This fall, our congregation undertook an experiment. Each day we read a short passage from Luke, and each week we gathered to discuss two basic

Meghan Good

January 20, 2014

Big family, big vision

There was a time when Westerners in international Christian mission were men. At least those named in mission records were men. Trips to Africa or

R. Showalter

January 20, 2014

Stories: Paths to justice

Civil rights leader C.T. Vivian recently spoke at a peace and justice gathering in Detroit. He recalled the struggles of the civil rights era. He

John Powell

January 20, 2014

Eating our way to the great banquet

Should one serve hummus to a hog farmer? Clashing food “shoulds” fill our conversations. Mennonites are divided. Some of us refuse to eat meat; others raise

Jane Yoder-Short

January 20, 2014

Hope of heaven

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts, and our brains. — Paul Simon, “Train in the Distance” Since I was

Sarah Kehrberg

January 20, 2014

Resolve to judge others, and ourselves, less

It caught me by surprise that tears came to my eyes at an otherwise upbeat event around the campaign advocating $15 an hour for people

Celeste Kennel-Shank

January 6, 2014

MCC Canada’s history

You know you’re getting older when you read a history book and you are in it. The book is Mennonite Central Committee in Canada: A History by Esther

John Longhurst

January 6, 2014

Now called by name

On the first Sunday of November, our lead pastor was out of town and asked me to lead communion in our Indonesian language worship gathering.

Stephen Kriss

January 6, 2014

Peaceful evangelicals

American evangelicals are wrestling with Jesus’ way of peace in new ways. There is evidence of this at Intervarsity Press, Youth With A Mission, Willow

Andre Gingerich Stoner | Mennonite World Review

January 6, 2014

One morning I looked at my five-pound bag of potatoes that were not getting any fresher and thought, “How about some potato salad?” I wasn’t getting good vibes from any of my newer books with large four-color photos and random narratives, so I turned to a familiar and trusted source: our church cookbook.

Sarah Kehrberg

September 30, 2013

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