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Kinsinger: A child not born

Miscarriage is a subject people mention little. When they do, they tiptoe around it. Abortion even more so. They are not the same, miscarriage and

Lucinda J. Kinsinger

August 24, 2020

Kehrberg: Would Jesus protest?

They are lucky that what Black people are looking for is equality and not revenge. — Kimberly Jones It was a spring of rude awakenings.

Sarah Kehrberg

August 24, 2020

Powell: Voices raised in hope

When I began writing this column in 2012, I quoted a Mennonite agency staff member who said we were “M in the fire!” — meaning

John Powell

August 24, 2020

Kriss: On the way still . . .

I’ve relied on my training and experience as a journalist/ writer to guide my work as a pastor. Listening to people’s stories, noticing details, paying

Stephen Kriss

August 10, 2020

Book review: From Red Earth

Genocide. An ugly name for a much uglier atrocity going back to at least Old Testament times. Coined in 1944 by author Raphael Lemkin to

Delmar Yoder

August 10, 2020

Miller: ‘Why did you stay?’

A friend asked me recently, “Why did you stay in Mennonite Church USA when they really didn’t want you?” I had been asked that before,

JB Miller

August 10, 2020

Longhurst: It won’t be the same

COVID-19 is a gamechanger in so many ways. It has impacted the way we work, shop, study, travel, socialize — and do church. In Canada,

John Longhurst

August 10, 2020

Bible: Dead faith and the sin of partiality

“Faith without works is dead,” asserts James 2:17. But 500 years ago the Catholic monk Martin Luther had a problem with James’ theology. Among other

Reta Halteman Finger

August 10, 2020

Kraybill: You are a city set on a hill

Amid pandemic, with national and ecclesial cultures facing up to systemic racism, I hear Jesus speak to the church: Let your example and witness be

J. Nelson Kraybill

August 10, 2020

Book review: Exiled Among Nations

Exiled Among Nations: German and Mennonite Mythologies in a Transnational Age is an impressive history of two Mennonite colonies in the Paraguayan Chaco — Menno

Rachel Waltner Goossen

July 28, 2020

Bible: Ask for wisdom, with confidence

Do you wish for more wisdom? You can ask God, and God will give it to you. But if you doubt God will answer your

Reta Halteman Finger

July 28, 2020

Andres: Let me tell you what happened

I love stories. I love them in print, on stage, in film and on television. They help me find my way in life. Good stories

Carmen Andres

July 27, 2020

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