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Maintenance workers

“You’re a maintenance crew,” said an adviser to a congregation navigating a pastoral transition. “Your job is to maintain the unity of the Spirit through

Paul Schrag

May 18, 2020

12 considerations as you prepare to reopen your church doors

As stay-at-home guidelines are eased and church doors and sanctuaries reopen, worship and church ministries will, undoubtedly, look different than before the coronavirus outbreak. And

Madalyn Metzger, Everence

May 4, 2020

A bid for something new

If nearly every congregation — large and small — can find a way to worship online, it stands to reason that relief sales can collect

Tim Huber

May 4, 2020

Asia, Middle East director to lead Mission Network

The Mennonite Mission Network board of directors on April 21 announced the appointment of Michael J. Sherrill as executive director.

Mennonite Mission Network

May 4, 2020

Exposing inequity

“Pandemic” comes from the Greek words for “all” and “people,” meaning it affects everyone. But COVID-19 doesn’t strike everyone equally. People in poverty, people of

Paul Schrag

May 4, 2020

Redeeming evil days

The Apostle Paul’s admonition to the church at Ephesus to “redeem the time” has always been good advice. But rarely has the reason — “because

Paul Schrag

April 20, 2020

Pentecost optimism

Easter any other year is one of those Sundays the folding chairs might come out of the fellowship hall and into the sanctuary. Churches should

Tim Huber

April 20, 2020

Religious freedom to spread deadly disease

This year’s Easter celebrations have been disrupted by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Here in Kansas, we have been drawn into a debate about the meaning

James C. Juhnke

April 13, 2020

Friendship rather than feuding

Photo: Issa Sawadogo and Siaka Traoré visit with one of Issa’s friends, Diallo. Photo courtesy of Mennonite Mission Network. As chair of Mennonite World Conference

Siaka Traoré and Lynda Hollinger-Janzen

April 13, 2020

Our own Main Street

“Support Main Street” was the cry as the U.S. economy stalled in March. Those with secure jobs and steady income heeded the call to target

Paul Schrag

April 6, 2020

Calm in anxious times

Pastors pursue a ministerial calling built on presence. In these pandemic times, household isolation presents the challenging new reality of long-distance shepherding. But pastors talk

Tim Huber

April 6, 2020

Sacrificing the economy or sacrificing human life? It’s a false choice.

As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, dilemmas of significant moral and theological gravity have surfaced. I find one such dilemma, raised recently in our cultural

John Tyson

March 26, 2020

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