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But I’ve seen him do so much good

Sara Wenger Shenk is president of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart. Please note: This reflection references an incident of sexual abuse. "But I've seen

Sara Wenger Shenk

September 16, 2016

How a handful of Mennonite voters may have altered world history

Harvey Yoder is an ordained pastor and member of Family of Hope, a small Virginia Mennonite Conference house church congregation. He blogs at Harvspot. Stay

Harvey Yoder

September 14, 2016

Impossible dream?

Are Mennonites trying to do the impossible? Maybe, but we shouldn’t give up. We are just beginning to test new ways to live with disagreement

Paul Schrag

September 12, 2016

You are what you love

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also,” Jesus said (Matt. 6:21). In the book You Are What You Love, James K.A.

Rachel Stella

September 12, 2016

Colombian Anabaptist perspectives on the peace accords

Photo: Colombians march in memory of victims of armed conflict. Photo by Anna Vogt. Wednesday, August 24, was an historic day in Colombia: the national government

Compiled by Anna Vogt, MCC Colombia worker

September 9, 2016

The Everyday Missionary

Jenifer Eriksen Morales is Minister of Transitional Ministries for Franconia Mennonite Conference. This piece first appeared in the September 1 edition of the Intersectings e-newsletter. Photo: Jess

Jenifer Eriksen Morales

September 8, 2016

Statement on Dakota Access Pipeline

Michelle Armster is the Executive Director of Mennonite Central Committee Central States. A statement of support to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: “But let justice

Michelle Armster

August 31, 2016

Wealth and Christianity: One New Testament scholar’s perspective

Ryan Harker is a Ph.D. student in New Testament at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. His home congregation is Pulaski (Iowa) Mennonite Church. Ignacio Silva

Ryan Harker

August 31, 2016

Opinion: Uniformity is weakness

While living in Botswana, I talked with a friend who wore a medallion identifying him as a member of the Zion Christian Church. Attached to it was a fringe of blue cloth. I asked what that meant.

John W. Eby

August 29, 2016

Conversations in tension

In the days after the June 12 shooting that took 50 lives at an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Fla., there were myriad news reports about

Tim Huber

August 29, 2016

Generous orthodoxy

On his Aug. 11 podcast, journalist Malcolm Gladwell used the concept of “generous orthodoxy” to frame the story of Chester Wenger. It’s a positive approach

Paul Schrag

August 29, 2016

Our loss

Joanna Harader is Pastor of Peace Mennonite Church, Lawrence, Kansas. My friend Sarah is a phenomenal writer and preacher. She considered going to Anabaptist Mennonite

Joanna Harader

August 25, 2016

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