With the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the world lost a path-breaking and courageous religious leader. While some Mennonites might have reservations about

The following remarks were ­given April 5 at a Hands Off! rally in Albany, N.Y. It is estimated that 6,000 people attended the rally, one

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In April, my family and I were invited to a Seder meal, a Jewish ritual that commemorates Passover. It was lovely, and throughout the readings,

There were more than 5,000 hungry people at the unplanned ­picnic. Five thousand people but nary a bite of food. How could this be?  A

I run a few miles in the morning and think about death. You never know what can happen out on those shadowed streets.  The sun

In 2004, I moved to Philadelphia as a freshman in college. I left rural, bright red Lebanon County, Pa., to study journalism at Temple University. 

As I enjoyed a way-too-expensive latte at a local coffee shop, a friend and I got to talking about church demographics.  Who is showing up

It is the things you forget even to teach that they learn. — G.K. Chesterton On Jan. 20, President Trump put an immediate 90-day freeze