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The art and the artist

Can we separate the art from the artist? This is one of the questions raised by the removal of seven songs by Catholic composer David

Paul Schrag

July 13, 2020

MCC U.S. announces leadership transition

Leadership of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) U.S. will transition in October as J Ron Byler retires as executive director. Moving into that role will be

Cheryl Zehr Walker, Mennonite Central Committee

June 29, 2020

Weaponized peace ignores racial pain

To the white eye, fires of protest violence might have illuminated only criminal destruction, not 400 years of oppression suffered by nonwhite people in the

Tim Huber

June 29, 2020

Renewed minds

Dismantling racism starts with being transformed by a renewing of the mind. Our actions flow from our thoughts, as Rom. 12:2 suggests. Until we change

Paul Schrag

June 29, 2020

Scripture sacrilege

As dozens of cities burned across the United States June 1, the president needed a distraction. Donald Trump put down his twittering device, left his

Tim Huber

June 15, 2020

Love doesn’t cancel anger at injustice

Amid the recent events surrounding the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the latest fatal violence against African Americans, Mennonite Church USA joins in mourning and lament. We lament that this is yet another example of the simmering racial injustice that pervades America, and we pray for God’s justice to roll down like a mighty river within our communities.

Mennonite Church USA

June 10, 2020

Anabaptist World Inc. executive director appointed

Danielle Klotz of Goshen, Indiana, director of marketing and communication for Mennonite Mission Network, has been named executive director of Anabaptist World Inc., the new

A joint release of The Mennonite Inc. and Mennonite World Review Inc.

June 8, 2020

Opening blind eyes

George Floyd’s plea voiced the pain of generations of African Americans. “I can’t breathe,” he gasped as a white police officer pressed a knee on

Paul Schrag

June 8, 2020

Women feel a draft

No one expects a military draft. The Pentagon doesn’t want one. The government hasn’t compelled anyone to fight since 1973. But in March, a national

Paul Schrag

June 1, 2020

Principle of loving

Typically, the time to go to church is “as soon as possible.” But these COVID-19 times are not typical times. As Anabaptists weigh which principles

Tim Huber

June 1, 2020

A call to action amid COVID-19

God is working — even in chaos. In a matter of months, many of the corrupt systems that peacemakers and liberationists have been struggling and

Nekeisha Alayna Alexis

May 18, 2020

Actions speak louder

What is a church to do when it is convinced the surrounding community is interested in Mennonite and Anabaptist beliefs but turned off by a

Tim Huber

May 18, 2020

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