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Opinion: In praise of the stalemate

Ties aren’t just underappreciated in American society, they are vilified. That’s why baseball has no limit to its innings, while ties are intrinsic to the more global sport of soccer.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

March 14, 2016

Hesston casts out fear

Christian writer and activist Shane Claiborne came to Hesston, Kan., Feb. 19-21 to say that love casts out fear and that followers of Jesus should

Paul Schrag

March 7, 2016

Our struggles with discernment

Jerry Kahlert is 80-years-old. He and his wife live in suburban St. Paul, Minn. They have three daughters, three grandsons, one granddaughter and a number

Jerry Kahlert

March 4, 2016

If you see something, say something

Sarah Thompson is the executive director of Christian Peacemaker Teams. To schedule the show “I’d Like to Buy an Enemy” by Ted & Co. and support CPT, email her at director@cpt.org. "If

Sarah Thompson

March 1, 2016

Truth is elusive in political talk

Gordon Houser is editor of The Mennonite magazine. Amid the plethora of messages we encounter in our mediaculture— via the Internet, television, radio or other media—are

Gordon Houser

March 1, 2016

Opinion: Whom to thank for hope?

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos met with President Obama and members of Congress in February, seeking further support and funding for his country. He says

Levi Miller

February 29, 2016

Trying silence

Lent is a season for followers of Jesus to seek spiritual renewal, each in our own way. For some of us, renewal may involve abstaining

Rachel Stella

February 29, 2016

Tragic reminder

“Children are the living letters we send into a time we will never see.” This quote describes an adult’s sacred duty to care for a

Paul Schrag

February 29, 2016

Science class

Shirley Kurtz attends Enciende Una Luz, a Mennonite congregation near Harrisonburg, Va.. The lore is as varied as the earth’s peoples. A sampling: In the

Shirley Kurtz

February 24, 2016

Calling all artists, musicians and poets

Iris de León-Hartshorn is director of transformative peacemaking for Mennonite Church USA. David Bowie died last month, a multiinstrumentalist, singer-songwriter, record producer, painter and actor. But he was not just

Iris de Leon-Hartshorn

February 21, 2016

Ties that passionately bind

The group studied its holy texts, grew incensed with a corrupt and wayward government, armed itself and took control of an institution it was convinced

Tim Huber

February 15, 2016

The church cannot manage sexual abuse by itself

Mennonite Church USA, the Mennonite Education Agency, and the Sexual Abuse Prevention Panel have recently come forward with a statement* “extending a broad invitation to

Stephanie Krehbiel for the Anabaptist Mennonite chapter of SNAP

February 4, 2016

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