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Going out to the people

Even without hugs, ministry means presence

March 29, 2021

Dare to ask new questions

The interruption of church-as-usual opens a door to do things differently — and to think about why we gather and how we worship

Carmen Shelly

March 26, 2021

From refugee to peacebuilder

MCC representative Mulanda “Jimmy” Juma turned childhood trauma into motivation to work for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Linda Espenshade | Mennonite Central Committee

March 12, 2021

Divine feminine: Wisdom to match the power

Perhaps the plural Elohim in Genesis is a way of saying that the feminine aspect of God provided the wisdom to match the power of the masculine aspect of God.

Reta Halteman Finger

March 9, 2021

Holy paradox, essential truth

Though we can’t grasp the mystery or make it add up, the mind-bending belief in a three-in-one God enhances our Christ-centered faith.

Richard A. Kauffman

March 9, 2021

Stories of service inspire

During the MCC centennial and COVID pandemic, South Dakotans shared life-changing experiences

Carol J. Eisenbeis

February 19, 2021

Beggars & Saints

What needs to be burned away so that we can hear Vincent Harding’s enduring call to revolutionary nonviolence?

Joanna Lawrence Shenk

February 12, 2021

Shaped by people of peace, and a war

An Indiana attorney tells how Mennonites, and the Civil War, made it possible for him to move beyond life as a migrant farm worker

Lee Roy Berry Jr.

February 8, 2021

Balm for a spiritual winter

A former pastor discovers how to pass the peace of Christ — and accept it — in encounters with believers, seekers and skeptics.

Lane Miller

January 25, 2021

‘All shall be well’

In contrast to the gloom of her plague-ravaged time, Julian of Norwich heard God assuring her the world was good. Her vision of hope reaches us just when we need it most.

Carol Penner

January 17, 2021

‘That’s who we are’

‘In the name of Christ’ is more than a tagline for MCC. It sums up the motivation to join God’s work and respond to human suffering.

Ann Graber Hershberger, J Ron Byler | Mennonite Central Committee

December 26, 2020

Joy transforms

Life’s deep and steady current is something more than happiness

Kevin Chupp

December 24, 2020

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