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Be like rain (but not a thunderstorm)

My son’s 12th birthday arrived on a sweltering July day. A group of us had gathered for an outdoor celebration when the thick humidity gave

Jenny Gehman

January 21, 2021

The harvest is plentiful. Will we answer the call?

Woohoo! 2020 is finally over. For many of us it was a year to forget. We had the global pandemic, protests, wildfires, economic stress, presidential

Jerrell Williams

January 20, 2021

On the whole, a Gospel confounds

I have great sympathy for Mary and Joseph. I lose Jesus all the time. — Lauren F. Winner Each day of Advent, our family read

Sarah Kehrberg

January 19, 2021

A beautiful day, a better future

See the Bedouin fires at night See the oil fields at first light And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth After the flood,

Hendy Matahelemual

January 18, 2021

Five things Friday roundup: Is this who we are? This is who we are.

Everyone talks at once, and everyone has something insightful to share. It was a week that demanded conversation. As insurgents rushed the capital, no one

David and Leann Augsburger

January 15, 2021

Five things Friday roundup: How to survive a coup

1) Attempted coup and you This week, like many of you, I watched the news as a violent mob of domestic terrorists attempted a coup

Joanne Gallardo

January 8, 2021

Rich North, poor South? It’s not that simple.

In a remarkable little book, Sharing Gifts in the Global Family of Faith (Good Books, 2003), Pakisa Tshimika and Tim Lind reported on a two-year

John D. Roth

December 29, 2020

Where is your faith? In the Prince of Peace.

“Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled” — the line from a Christmas carol rings in the air this season. Yet for

Anthonia Onye

December 22, 2020

The doers take a holiday

Admittedly, I can be kind of a grouch around the holidays. I’ve never really been one of those people who gets super excited about Christmas

Danielle Klotz

December 18, 2020

For Mary and us, hope is singing

Music propels movements. In the early 1900s Billie Holiday sang a haunting song, “Strange Fruit,” that stirred up resistance to southern lynchings. Spirituals and gospel

Marty Troyer

December 17, 2020

I feel as if God has given me a new name

“WHAT’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” says Juliet in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and

Hendy Matahelemual

December 15, 2020

What it means to be saved

Now more than ever, the world needs prophetic voices like that of Megan Westra, who reminds us what it really means to be saved by Jesus.

Melanie Springer Mock

December 12, 2020

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