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Why so few baptisms?

When I applied for the pastoral position at my current congregation, during one interview, I asked the search committee when they’d last celebrated a baptism.

Hillary Watson

December 3, 2018

History: From ‘Tauferkammer’ to Burkina Faso

In 1743, 275 years ago, the Swiss city of Bern dissolved its Commission for Anabaptist Affairs, or Tauferkammer. It had been established in 1659 to

Rich Preheim

December 3, 2018

Book review: ‘The Great Reckoning’

In October, the longtime evangelical leader Pat Rob­ertson weighed in on the murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi in a Saudi consulate. According to Robertson, the

Melanie Springer Mock

December 3, 2018

Showalter: Spirit of the West

Jewel and I celebrated our golden anniversary with a two-month visit to 25 national parks and as many friends west of the Mississippi. We “camped”

Richard Showalter

November 19, 2018

Book review: ‘Love Undocumented’

Immigration has shaped nearly every epoch of U.S. history. Americans are a nation of people who have left one place in order to arrive in

Ted Lewis

November 19, 2018

Hearts joined in a bond with heaven

Hear the opening lines of Deuteronomy 6 and you cannot escape a feeling that you have stumbled on some center pole of sacred story, a

Jonathan Larson

November 19, 2018

Miller: A new thing called Sattler

This fall, I moved from Rusk County, Wis., to Boston to attend college. Not one of Boston’s big-name institutions like Harvard or MIT, but Sattler,

Lucinda J. Kinsinger

November 19, 2018

Powell: Too stressed to be blessed?

In a few days we’ll observe Thanksgiving. We will pause to thank our Creator for the blessings we have received. But some of us may

John Powell

November 19, 2018

Yoder-Short: Rizpah’s protest

“Woman’s Pro­test Exposes Cruel Political Ploy.” This could be a headline for the present day or for the story of Rizpah. We don’t hear much

Jane Yoder-Short

November 19, 2018

Kriss: Paradox of the call to serve and lead

Credentialed Mennonite ministers are a unique lot, yet our experiences are diverse. In some congregations, a theological understanding of the priesthood of all believers diminishes

Stephen Kriss

November 5, 2018

Book review: ‘The Pastor Wears a Skirt’

Contemporary memoir, unlike autobiography, is selective in its sharing of life experiences for a defined purpose: to represent a voice, often that of a woman,

Raylene Hinz-Penner

November 5, 2018

Falling asleep in God’s lap

Confession: I am not always the world’s most observant person. Friends once rearranged half the items in my office as a joke and were quite

Meghan Good

November 5, 2018
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