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Rethinking work in a tight job market

Through our work, we serve our neighbor

Karen Swallow Prior | For Religion News Service

September 1, 2022

If Jesus stopped by my house

If Jesus stopped by and wanted to see my house, I would say: “Well, when we bought this old fixer-upper farmhouse in 1988, it needed

Carol Duerksen

August 17, 2020

White Mennonite static

The Mennonite church has the opportunity to become a dependable partner in the work of dismantling racism. The church as a whole has a record

Tobin Miller Shearer

August 3, 2020

Passive before? Be active now.

My friend and fellow writer Lauren Zimmerman says she’s heard Mennonites express regret for not being more involved in the civil rights movement. That doesn’t

Kate Szambecki

July 30, 2020

Still in the lions’ den

If you go to church for 70 years, as I have, some biblical stories get repeated over and over. One is Daniel in the lions’

Dorothy Nickel Friesen

July 27, 2020

On reparations

The prevailing justice system of the United States (and many other countries) understands doing justice in terms of determining innocence or guilt and then applying

J. Denny Weaver

July 24, 2020

“No space for such people”?

In the last few days I have become aware again that “Mennonites” are a minority in Germany. Hardly anyone knows what Mennonites really believe and

Benji Wiebe

July 22, 2020

There’s always some dude on a horse

During a trip to Portugal, we were strolling around Lisbon when we walked past the statue of a Portuguese general. This military hero from long

Brian Zahnd

July 20, 2020

Another MWC assembly miracle?

Did you know that a pandemic has preceded three consecutive Mennonite World Conference assemblies in the Global South? For Zimbabwe in 2003, it was SARS

Ray Brubacher

July 16, 2020

Resurgence of a global Mennonite far right

In this time of global pandemic and international protests against systemic police brutality, thoughtful Anabaptist journalism has become more essential than ever. I am grateful

Ben Goossen

July 13, 2020

New normal for Jacob, and for us

The world is going through a crisis that will change us. We’re not sure things will ever again be normal as we have known it.

Karen Ediger

July 8, 2020

Why we should reconsider Augustine

I love St. Augustine of Hippo. That might not seem like a big deal, but since at least the time of John H. Yoder, Augustine

Brad Roth

July 2, 2020

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