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Surprised, honored and excited

Last year at this time, I had been invited to write a feature article for the December issue of The Mennonite. I chose to write

Hannah Heinzekehr

December 14, 2015

Love without limit

Jesus said God is like a shepherd who leaves his flock of 99 to search for one lost sheep. The message is clear: God loves

Paul Schrag

December 7, 2015

Waiting for restoration

Not just a short wintertime season, Advent is always with us. Every day, some manifestation of creation’s groaning (Rom. 8:18-25) appears and causes outrage —

Rachel Stella

December 7, 2015

Give not just thanks

As leaves fall and frozen turkeys thaw, the Thanksgiving season offers a chance to pause for a few days and reflect on the previous year’s

Tim Huber

November 23, 2015

A time to scatter

The words of the Teacher in Ecclesiastes 3 match the experience of Mennonite Church USA: There is a time to gather stones and a time

Paul Schrag

November 23, 2015

Becoming Anabaptist

“I wasn’t born a Mennonite. I like to say I became one the old-fashioned way — I chose to be one as an adult.” While

Rachel Stella

November 9, 2015

Budget for the future

Much of the media has grown hushed about the chance for yet another U.S. federal government shutdown if a budget can’t be solidified by Dec.

Tim Huber

October 26, 2015

The way of all war

Doctors Without Borders wants answers about an Oct. 3 U.S. airstrike that killed 22 people at its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. They’ve demanded a war-crimes

Paul Schrag

October 26, 2015

Hope and expectation

There are two kinds of wonder, Hal Shrader said in a sermon at the Mennonite Church USA convention July 1 in Kansas City, Mo., as

Paul Schrag

October 23, 2015

Looking forward

Working for MWR over the last three years has often given me a front-row view of church process during a time some will always remember

Kelli Yoder

October 12, 2015

An unwinnable battle

Every Christian should have to sit in a pew next to someone he or she disagrees with. Not all the time, but sometimes. This is

Paul Schrag

October 12, 2015

A complex communion

This past Sunday, many Christian (and Mennonite) churches observed World Communion Sunday, a day set aside each year at the beginning of October to promote

Hannah Heinzekehr

October 6, 2015

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