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Opinion: Mistakes, regrets, lessons

When the controversy about John Howard Yoder’s sexual conduct resurfaced in 2013, I was mystified. Why was this coming up again? He’s been dead since

Richard A. Kauffman

March 2, 2015

Doctrine of Discovery series: My Commissioning

This piece originally appeared on the Menno Snapshots blog of Mennonite Church USA. At convention in July, I will be presenting a series of workshops

Sarah Augustine

February 27, 2015

Opinion: An army of peacemakers

Why not quadruple the size of Christian Peacemaker Teams? Actually, I’d like to see CPT increase a hundredfold. And there are reasons to think the

Ronald J. Sider | For Mennonite World Review

February 16, 2015

The future of unity

Uniting the Mennonite Church and General Conference Mennonite Church seemed like a good idea 20 years ago. And it still does, though the shine has

Paul Schrag

February 16, 2015

Harmony is hard to shake

While often called a humble people, Mennonites take pride in four-part hymn singing. Some even cringe at the thought of contemporary praise songs. But more

Kelli Yoder

February 16, 2015

Life with dignity

“…and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother

Debra Sapp-Yarwood

February 10, 2015

6 takeaways from a debilitating bike accident

On April 18, 2013, I was involved in a bike accident resulting in a broken neck and a severe spinal cord injury. The accident left me

Ken Schildt

February 6, 2015

Ways to address and prevent sexual abuse

As a convener of the discernment group on sexual abuse, I read, along with many of you, “The failure to bind and loose” (January 2015

Ervin Stutzman

February 4, 2015

What it means to be human

ALEPPO, Syria — This morning I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to the sound of a mortar exploding. I said to myself, “A new day

Ibrahim Nsier

February 2, 2015

Benefits of boredom

While conventional wisdom maintains that idle hands and minds are the devil’s tools, psychological research has found benefits to boredom. According to a 2013 study

Tim Huber

February 2, 2015

Opinion: Formed by culture?

All of us want any movement toward same-sex marriage to be shaped by the Spirit and the Word and not only by what we see

Harold N. Miller

February 2, 2015

Words of two faiths

Perhaps the first Anabaptist to call for peace with Muslims was Michael Sattler in 1527. Europeans at that time feared the Muslim Turks. But Sattler

Paul Schrag

February 2, 2015

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