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They weren’t helpless. Neither are we.

On April 27, 1860, in Troy, N.Y., a few minutes’ drive away from where I live, Charles Nalle, a fugitive slave working to bring his

Joe Paparone | For Anabaptist World

March 26, 2025

A prayer for softening hard hearts

A little over a year ago, I met Tela Troge, a woman from the Shinnecock Nation of Long Island who has since become my friend.

Sarah Augustine | For Anabaptist World

March 26, 2025

A victory lap with a limp

According to a well-traveled story, all Amish quilts include at least one intentional mistake to guard against the sin of pride. Although this is almost

John D. Roth | For Anabaptist World

March 25, 2025

I’ve learned to be swifter to speak

Let everyone be swift to hear and slow to speak, James tells us. But my inclination when a difficult conversation arises is not to speak

Lucinda J. Kinsinger | For Anabaptist World

March 24, 2025

Call me a sinner

I have a couple of things to admit to you, dear reader. The first is that I am struggling to be hopeful, because so many

Danielle Klotz

March 1, 2025

The economic side of making peace

For 15 years I have of volunteered for a group that helps people get out of poverty and thrive. I’ve learned much from the many

Gordon Houser | For Anabaptist World

February 26, 2025

Finding salvation in the anger

Anger is a messenger. In Rachel Yoder’s critically acclaimed debut novel, Nightbitch, the protagonist’s anger is a relentless messenger, a primal drumbeat. It pushes as she fumbles to hear it, channel it and follow it to unimagined possibilities.

Anne Marie Hardy Spelman | For Anabaptist World

February 26, 2025

Amen, dear bishop

In his first week in office, President Trump signed executive orders that set the United States back on issues affecting immigrants, health care, climate change

Jonny Rashid | For Anabaptist World

February 25, 2025

Too much of a good thing

One Sunday morning, decades ago, my husband was in Germany where he attended a service at a large church, followed by a feast of a

Jenny Gehman | For Anabaptist World

February 24, 2025

An Old White Dude who punishes?

“Wendy, haven’t I warned you? Stuffing the boys’ heads with a lot of silly stories!” — Mr. Darling, Peter Pan During her senior sharing at

Sarah Kehrberg | For Anabaptist World

February 24, 2025

A deal with the devil?

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tested by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and

Isaac S. Villegas | For Anabaptist World

February 23, 2025

The mark of a successful church

The church I grew up in is one that many people would call a megachurch. It had thousands of members and spent many hundreds of

Jerrell Williams | For Anabaptist World

February 23, 2025

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