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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

Technology that isolates can bring us together

How quickly things change. Only a few weeks ago it was fashionable to lament the isolating power of technology and the relentless march of individualism.

Tim Huber

March 23, 2020

Two centenarians

They’re not exactly twins, but there’s a fitting convergence in the fact that Mennonite World Review Inc. and Mennonite Central Committee share a birth year.

Paul Schrag

March 23, 2020

The Bible undergirds human rights

Mennonite World Conference has four commissions that serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches: deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration

Siaka Traoré

March 9, 2020

Quiet the soul

On the surface, it seems ironic to suggest to “the quiet in the land” that there is room for improvement in quieting the soul. But

Tim Huber

March 9, 2020

Remember you will die

In a collection of memoirs by Brethren and Mennonite writers, Making a Difference in the Journey (Cascadia, 2015), Shirley Hershey Showalter, a former president of

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

March 9, 2020

Open letter: A call to offer welcome, refuge

Photo: A view of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. MCC photo/J Ron Byler Over the past two weeks, I’ve traveled in the U.S.-Mexico border

J Ron Byler

February 24, 2020

Another quagmire

Quagmires behave like they sound. Even in Afghanistan’s arid and stony environment, it is routine for invading empires to sink into the muck. From Alexander

Tim Huber

February 24, 2020

No cause for shame

When 30 pastors gathered to talk about mental-health issues, one offered the perspective of both a caregiver and one in need of care. “As a

Paul Schrag

February 24, 2020

A call to offer welcome and refuge

Over two weeks in January and February, I traveled in the U.S.-Mexico border region from San Diego, Calif., to Brownsville, Texas, with stops in more than 10 cities on both sides of the border. I have seen and keenly feel the pain of immigrants.

J Ron Byler | Mennonite Central Committee

February 24, 2020

Who cares about climate change?

Photo: Participants at the Jan. 31-Feb. 2 climate retreat in California. Photo provided by the author. “I’m beginning to wonder, is the Gospel that we’ve

Katerina Friesen

February 17, 2020

Beyond harm and loss

Words of apology and confession last month showed Mennonite Church USA has come a long way toward accepting LGBTQ people as equal members of the

Paul Schrag

February 10, 2020

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