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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

The wildfires, and an environmental series

As this issue goes to press, the devastation from the fires in California weighs heavily on our hearts. You can find a report on page

Danielle Klotz

February 1, 2025

Why the silence on abortion?

An estimated one million babies are aborted in the U.S. each year and 40 million to 70 million worldwide annually. All life is precious and

Anabaptist World

January 24, 2025

A faith that makes room for all of me

In the early pages of Love, Auntie, Shantell Hinton Hill describes a transformative meeting with a pastor about a decade ago. When she was 30

Melanie Springer Mock | For Anabaptist World

January 24, 2025

The disparity of death

Do not kill. — Exodus 20:13, Common English Bible IN DECEMBER in New York City, a man named Luigi Mangione shot and killed Brian Thompson,

Joanne Gallardo | For Anabaptist World

January 23, 2025

The mysteries of prayer

Of all the mind-stretching Old Testament stories in the Egermeier’s illustrated Bible story book that played a formative role in my childhood, few captured my

John D. Roth | For Anabaptist World

January 22, 2025

Like those who dream

This morning, like most mornings, I spent time in prayer, lifting up the names of Indigenous elders and leaders, as well as the names of

Sarah Augustine | For Anabaptist World

January 22, 2025

Remnants of a life

WE RECENTLY BOUGHT a neglected house in town to use as a rental, a property foreclosed on and sold cheap after its owner died. Now

Lucinda J. Kinsinger | For Anabaptist World

January 21, 2025

Unity and leadership of the poor

I’ve been helping to organize a homeless union where I live in Albany, N.Y. This was prompted by some anti-homeless rhetoric and legislation from local

Joe Paparone | For Anabaptist World

January 21, 2025

A special issue for a big milestone

The celebration of 500 years of Anabaptism has begun! It’s a big year for our faith tradition. Perhaps some of you will join the Mennonite

Danielle Klotz

January 1, 2025

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