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Showing care for victims of sexual abuse

The Discernment Group working to care for victims of John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse and to advocate against sexual abuse in the Mennonite Church has

Ervin Stutzman

March 3, 2015

My family had no door

As the sun set and the stars made themselves known in the Senegalese sky, I would watch the news with my eldest host brother, Amar.

Dominique Chew

March 2, 2015

Creative maladjustment

There are certain things in our nation and in the world [to which] I am proud to be maladjusted and which I hope all people

Sarah Thompson

March 2, 2015

Fire from heaven

And [Jesus] sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome

Ervin Stutzman

March 2, 2015

Humility and the lessons of history

It’s rare for a religious discussion to remain in our mediaculture for long, but that’s been the case for President Obama’s comments at the annual

Gordon Houser

March 2, 2015

Mennonites and Seventh-day Adventists

On the evening of Oct. 21, 1844, hundreds of people, inspired by the prophetic teachings of William Miller, gathered to await the Second Coming of

John D. Roth

March 2, 2015

Hope arises out of Lenten gray

It’s a gray day here in Madison, Wis. There is snow on the ground. It’s gray, too. It’s cold and gray, and it’s been that

Ron Adams

March 2, 2015

Three monotheisms

The Catholic theologian Hans Küng has said, “No peace among the nations without peace among the religions.” Current tension between Islam and Christianity illustrates the

Paul Schrag

March 2, 2015

Dearth of mirth

Jews don’t recognize Jesus as the Messiah. Protestants don’t recognize the pope as the head of the church. And Mennonites don’t recognize each other in

Tim Huber

March 2, 2015