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Beyond harm and loss

A path emerges in MC USA toward a more inclusive and welcoming church

October 12, 2020

Five things Friday roundup: Deepening Your Perspective

Here are five things worth paying attention to this month. I recommend selecting one or two and jumping in over the next week. Let’s unpack

Ben Tapper

September 25, 2020

From ashes of destruction to a bright future

As a college professor, I find my life governed by the rhythms of academic calendars that mark new beginnings every September. These are times of

Melanie A. Howard

September 16, 2020

Core values that expand our worldview

As a biracial woman who grew up in the historically African-American village of Harlem, N.Y., and was raised in a multicultural Mennonite congregation there, it

Melody Pannell

September 16, 2020

An independent magazine for all Anabaptists

What do we mean by Anabaptist World? “That’s an audacious name,” someone said. She was right. Really, all of Anabaptism? The whole world? Here’s what

Paul Schrag

September 16, 2020

A breath at the starting line

Many times over the last few months I have needed to take deep breaths and ground myself in the safety and possibility of the moment.

Danielle Klotz

September 16, 2020

My prayer covering, and this column’s purpose

Do you wear, or have you ever worn, a prayer covering? If not, do you wonder what it feels like? I have worn mine for

Lucinda J. Kinsinger

September 16, 2020

How God, the best broker, does business

Hello, new readers of Anabaptist World! I pray for all of you that the Lord’s insurance coverage in Psalm 91 is over your life, family

Anthonia Onye

September 16, 2020

Anabaptism online: fresh, creative, sometimes unruly

During the early 1980s, as Christians in Ethiopia faced severe persecution, the Meserete Kristos Church survived by shifting the primary focus of congregational life to

John D. Roth

September 16, 2020

A new and stronger way forward

Three and a half years ago, four of us — Barth Hague and Hannah Heinzekehr of The Mennonite and Paul Schrag and myself of Mennonite World Review — met one Saturday morning in Newton, Kan., to talk about the future of our two publications.

John Longhurst | For Mennonite World Review

August 24, 2020

Traditions end, and go on

My father taught me, and his father taught him, that an editorial is not a personal column. Traditionally, it is not even signed; the reader

Paul Schrag

August 24, 2020

A forum for transformation

This article comes from the September issue of The Mennonite, which focuses on “135 years” of The Mennonite and Gospel Herald. My first day on the job,

Sheldon C. Good

August 23, 2020

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