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Cycles of violence, cycles of virtue

The book of Judges is full of odd and graphic vignettes of violence, not unlike what one might see in a medieval action movie. Shamgar

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May 25, 2015

Pastoral ministry advocate: John Esau

An irony of his life is that during seminary in the early 1960s, his peers told him he wasn’t really suited for pastoral ministry, said

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May 22, 2015

Active year sees Mennonite schools merge, close

The boards of two Pennsylvania Mennonite schools have approved a plan to integrate into one unified school system with a single superintendent and board.

Penn View Christian School, a K-8 school in Souderton, will merge with Christopher Dock Mennonite High School in Lansdale. Each school’s board voted to do so in mid-April.

Penn View has 565 students in nine . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

May 11, 2015

In a reversal of Babel, languages no barrier to building church in Congo

A global village came together in February to raise the rafters of a new building that will house Kanzala Mennonite Church in Tshikapa, Congo. Three

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mennonite Mission Network

May 11, 2015

Newness of hope in the midst of disappointment

This is the last of four Bible studies by different authors on the key Scripture text for Mennonite Church USA’s next biennial convention, to be

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May 7, 2015

Why care about the environment?

Sometimes modern Christians, in our excitement about Jesus, think the incarnation of God first happened 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem. Actually, when we Christians get

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May 6, 2015

Healing trauma from abuse in faith communities

Powerful feelings and reactions emerge when faith communities realize that a faith leader has harmed someone. Fortunately, most faith communities have leaders who care deeply

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May 5, 2015

The Mennonite staff: What our mothers taught us

Anna Groff, executive director: There’s an assumption that mothers worry. My mother doesn’t fit that. In fact, she taught me not to worry or live

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May 2, 2015

Honoring conscience in plays & sexuality wars

Can more than one voice of conscience exist in the same faith community? Should pastors be forbidden to officiate at same-sex weddings? Or forbidden not

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April 29, 2015

End-of-life planning gets personal

On May 22, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., my cell phone rang. I don’t usually answer calls during meetings, but I noticed it was from Orchard

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April 28, 2015

Lesson from a telescope

C. Henry Smith called Mennonites to toleration in his day—and ours. Smith lived out his adult life in a time of deep conflict within the

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April 27, 2015

MWC visa problems fewer than feared

People who need visas to attend the Mennonite World Conference assembly in Harrisburg, Pa., July 21-26 have encountered fewer problems than expected. For more than

Mennonite World Conference

April 27, 2015

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