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Activist women

Our neighbor in Philadelphia grew up in Wolf Point, Mont. Over dinner in their home recently, he told us a story of how women from

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July 22, 2019

A special-needs child

I have never met someone who is pro-abortion. I have known people who have struggled through the agony of whether or not to terminate a

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July 8, 2019

Believing the lies

When the attempt to ban abortion is framed as an “unrealistic quest for total victory” (Editorial, June 10), it appears the considerations concerning abortion are

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July 8, 2019

Not thrilled

Why am I not thrilled about a Mennonite Heritage Week (“Heritage Week Causes Division in Canada”) to be celebrated every year in Canada (or anywhere)?

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July 8, 2019

Absolute, not extreme

I appreciated the “Pro-life peacemakers” editorial. I am a retired 90-year-old physician who interned at Cook County Hospital in the early 1960s — before Roe

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June 24, 2019

Oregon beginnings

We read with fascination Rich Preheim’s article on West Coast Mennonite church beginnings (History, May 27). We are most familiar with the Oregon story and

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June 24, 2019

It’s better to receive

Thank you for Melessa Florer-Bixler’s “Literal, Symbolic — or Both?” (Bible, May 27). Having grown up in the Mennonite Church, I can easily identify with her

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June 24, 2019

New law is better

In “Mountains Below the Surface,” Brad Roth says we “cannot dismiss the requirements of the Old Testament law.” Of course the old law is not

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June 10, 2019

We can resist

There are at least three reasons I support the H.A. Penner/John Stoner proposal (“We’ll Pay for Peace,” April 15) of discussing a Church Peace Tax

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May 27, 2019

Neglecting our duty?

When I was a student at Hesston College in the 1960s, America was at war with North Vietnam. Many Mennonite young men did alternative service

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May 27, 2019

Trumping up a war

It looks like the Trump administration might trigger war on Iran. Venezuela and North Korea are also possibilities. We are on the precipice of a

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May 27, 2019

Visionary proposal

As a war-tax resister for a half century, I welcome John Stoner and Harold A. Penner’s visionary Church Peace Tax Fund proposal (“We’ll Pay for

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May 13, 2019

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