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Opinion: We are not alone

God is at work and the gospel is alive in our cities, towns and communities. This is the message Marty Troyer shares in his new book, The Gospel Next Door, released by Herald Press.

MennoMedia

June 20, 2016

Self-inflicted wound

“Physician, heal yourself!” Jesus expected that the skeptics would hurl this challenge when he announced God’s reign of peace (Luke 4:23). Today, Mennonite Church USA

Paul Schrag

June 20, 2016

A 30-day comment sabbatical at TheMennonite.org

Hannah Heinzekehr is the Executive Director for The Mennonite, Inc. There’s a saying that gets bandied around on the Internet a lot these days: “Never

Hannah Heinzekehr

June 14, 2016

We are dying

Editor’s note (June 22, 2016): This submission from Jennifer Yoder was sent to us for consideration on June 13, the day after a mass shooting

Jay (Jennifer) Yoder

June 13, 2016

Mennonites, Jews and the Land: Preparing for a discussion

John Kampen is a professor of Bible and a member of Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship. We Mennonites seem to continue to believe we can speak in

John Kampen

June 10, 2016

Draft a new solution

On May 17, the U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee stripped a proposal from a defense policy bill that would have required women to register

Tim Huber

June 6, 2016

Opinion: Pastor’s action wasn’t misconduct

Virginia Mennonite Conference has suspended the ministerial credentials of my pastor, Isaac Villegas of Chapel Hill Mennonite Fellowship in North Carolina, because he officiated at

Meghan Florian | Religion News Service

June 6, 2016

Yearning for God

If asked, “Are you pious?,” most Christians wouldn’t claim to be. Reverence is a virtue, but piety suggests excessive religiosity. The pious, we think, are

Paul Schrag

June 6, 2016

We Will Speak Out against sexualized violence

J. Ron Byler is the executive director of Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Photo by Lowell Brown. As stories of harm within our faith communities increase,

J. Ron Byler, Mennonite Central Committee

June 3, 2016

Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia: Cultivating peace beyond concious consumption

Elisabeth Wilder will be a senior at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va. What could I say to people that I had helped displace, starve,

Elisabeth Wilder

June 2, 2016

Love is a verb, not a suspension

Meghan Florian is a writer and editor from Durham, North Carolina, where she teaches writing at William Peace University and the Center for Theological Writing

Meghan Florian, with response from Virginia Mennonite Conference leaders

May 26, 2016

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