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Finding Jesus at camp

A story of two camps and two different experiences in a girl’s life I counted off to my mother as I stuffed the contents into

The Mennonite

June 1, 2011

Mention 606 to anyone nurtured in Mennonite congregations since the publication of the red 1969 Mennonite Hymnal, and the rich harmony and lively tempo of “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” will come to mind …

John E. Sharp | The Mennonite

June 1, 2011

Too much information leads to bad decisions

Maybe you’ve had experiences like mine. I go to the grocery store with instructions to get cottage cheese, or yogurt or bread. I get to

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June 1, 2011

Early challenges to capital punishment

Christians in the early centuries forbade the death penalty. The earliest church prohibited Christians from participating in capital punishment, as is evident from the following

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May 1, 2011

All things new

A reflection on 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew

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May 1, 2011

Parenting as spiritual discipline

Parenting provides daily opportunities to mature as a Christian. One Saturday I made doughnuts. They were drying on the newspaper—five rows of perfectly round, crisp

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May 1, 2011

Ironies and outrages: fasting to protest budget cuts to the poor

Miscellany Taking their cue from Queen Esther, who called on the faithful to fast and pray for their Persian rulers to have a change of

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May 1, 2011

Wise men and subversive women

A reflection on Exodus 1:8-2:10 and Matthew 2:1-12 In Matthew’s Gospel, the visit of the Wise men begins like a romantic quest. Astrological speculators wonder

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May 1, 2011

A letter to my daughter

Being a Christian means something more than just a label. I took you to the petting zoo today. Like usual, you dressed yourself in your

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May 1, 2011

Honoring mother

The author’s mother let her children experience creation in all its abundance. My mother loved the earth. Nothing could please her more than to see

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May 1, 2011

Longed-for rain

Poetry For weeks, the soil translated into dust, Then lint, then ash, and at last Into smoke. The creek compressed Itself to an unwilling path

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May 1, 2011

Songweepers

How singing often leads to an outpouring of emotion You may know one. You may even be one yourself. They are everywhere. I call them

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May 1, 2011

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