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Rethinking 606, the “Mennonite National Anthem”

Austin McCabe Juhnke is a PhD candidate in Musicology at Ohio State University studying music in the Mennonite Church during the twentieth century.This post originally

Austin McCabe Juhnke

December 5, 2017

Dusting off the soul

“Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Often attributed to Pablo Picasso, this quote belongs to a 19th-century German writer, Berthold Auerbach,

Paul Schrag

December 4, 2017

Oil for our lamps

In Jesus’ parable of the 10 virgins in Matthew 25, the women get drowsy and fall asleep while waiting for the bridegroom, who is running

Rachel Stella

December 4, 2017

When Anabaptists were terrorists

Dr. Lawrence Ressler has spent nearly four decades as a social work professor and academic administrator in Christian higher education including time at Eastern Mennonite

Lawrence Ressler

November 22, 2017

Freedom to resist

Some Mennonite colleges play the national anthem before sporting events. Some don’t. Some say it’s a chance to reflect on liberty. Some say it’s a

Tim Huber

November 20, 2017

Toxic masculinity

Public shaming of sexual predators is pushing toxic masculinity out of the shadows. A surge of reports of men’s abusive behavior has raised awareness that

Paul Schrag

November 20, 2017

An Anabaptist Response to Gun Violence

Hillary Watson is a full-time Mennonite pastor at Lombard Mennonite Church in suburban Chicago. She blogs at Gathering the Stones, where this post first appeared. It is reprinted with

Hillary Watson

November 15, 2017

Sitting in the Silence

Tonya Detweiler serves as the board treasurer for Mennonite Women USA. Tonya currently serves as president of Blue Diamond Communities in Goshen, Indiana where she

Tonya Detweiler

November 10, 2017

We support Esther Koontz

Jonathan Brenneman is Partners in Peacemaking coordinator for Mennonite Church USA. This post originally appeared on the Menno Snapshots blog of Mennonite Church USA. “We

Jonathan Brenneman

November 9, 2017

Identity redefinition

Anabaptist denominations are having an identity crisis. Or at least an identity redefinition. This is happening in several ways: making or considering name changes; ending

Paul Schrag

November 6, 2017

Healthy worship diet

Are hymnals still relevant? It’s a question worth asking in light of the MennoMedia “Resonate” project, which will produce a new hymnal for Mennonite Church

Rachel Stella

November 6, 2017

Opinion: Bridging the differences

For the broader Mennonite community, the work of Mennonite Central Committee often looks like relief sale auctions, Ten Thousand Villages stores and quilt blitzes.

Mackenzie Miller | Mennonite World Review

November 6, 2017

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