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In Isaac Villegas’ new book, God is a migrant, too

Even before Donald Trump put his hardline views on undocumented immigration into practice, Isaac Villegas cut his teeth ministering to immigrants.

Yonat Shimron | Religion News Service

March 21, 2025

Novel, now a film, explores rawness of motherhood’s sacrifices

Fans of Rachel Yoder’s 2021 debut novel, Nightbitch (Doubleday), got a chance to see the genre-spanning tale adapted into a big-budget film when Amy Adams starred in the movie version, released in December.

Tim Huber | Anabaptist World

February 26, 2025

Young adults reflect on celebrating 500 years of Anabaptism in Cusco

Three young adults who serve with Mennonite Central Committee in Bolivia attended the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism in Cusco, Peru, in January. Andrew Smucker, Vilma

Mennonite Central Committee

February 24, 2025

‘The least of these’? No, just neighbors.

In Appalachia, the labor is transient, the relationships priceless

Chad Martin

January 27, 2025

‘The Mystics Would Like a Word’ finds the practical lessons in ancient feminine wisdom

Shannon Evans, spirituality and culture editor at the National Catholic Reporter, was feeling disillusioned with contemporary Christian thinkers. “I had a snobby chip on my

Ellie Davis | Religion News Service

October 21, 2024

Artist Spotlight: Jerry Holsopple

AW: How did you become an artist? Jerry Holsopple: Curiosity, imagination, asking questions that were not supposed to be asked and never fitting in the

Jerry Holsopple | Anabaptist World

October 14, 2024

Want to succeed as a leader? Ask for help, says Joni Eareckson Tada

Good leaders are often told to play to their strengths and hide their weaknesses. That has never really worked for disability activist and nonprofit leader

Bob Smietana | Religion News Service

September 23, 2024

The Black church has moved from essential to voluntary, says author Jason Shelton

Jason Shelton has made a deep scholarly dive into the world of the Black church. But not everything in his new book, The Contemporary Black

Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service

September 4, 2024

Want a better life? Spend more time thinking about sin, says Elizabeth Oldfield

Elizabeth Oldfield spends a lot of time thinking about sin. Not the finger-pointing, fire and brimstone, shape-up-or-go-to-hell approach to human failings. Instead, Oldfield considers sin

Bob Smietana | Religion News Service

September 3, 2024

‘Anabaptist World’ hosts panel discussion with Mennonite Action organizers

Anabaptist World hosted a livestream panel discussion with Mennonite Action on August 20. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. The full interview

Anabaptist World

August 30, 2024

Reconnected: Seven screen-free weeks with monks and Amish farmers

Carlos Whittaker spent seven weeks screen-free. His idea of God changed.

Ellie Davis | Religion News Service

August 29, 2024

New show ‘The Promised Land’ tells Moses’ story in the style of ‘The Office’

With the abundance of legal codes, death and, well, genocide, the story of Moses’ journey through the desert isn’t exactly begging to be made into

Kathryn Post | Religion News Service

July 31, 2024

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