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Surprise learnings from sharing about our holy books

As part of an effort among Alberta Mennonites to bridge understanding between Christians and Muslims, Christian-Muslim dialogues have been organized annually since 2013 under the

Suzanne Gross

May 20, 2019

What does it mean to be Anabaptist today?

I am not one of those people who says, “I’m not religious, I just love Jesus” or “I don’t belong to any denomination, I’m just

Gareth Brandt

May 17, 2019

Reflections from the South Texas Borderland Tour

Kathy Neufeld Dunn joined others from Western District Conference on a borderlands learning tour May 6-10 sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee Central States and supported

Kathy Neufeld Dunn

May 16, 2019

Doing Justice: Loving neighbors, public officials

Mennonites are good at service. That’s how we love our neighbors. We address direct human need: providing shelter, food, education. Sometimes we ask about policies

Andre Gingerich Stoner

May 14, 2019

Justice on the journey: migration

There is a lot of information out there about the varied issues that lead to human mobility. Among them we find climate change that modifies

Rebeca González Torres

May 8, 2019

Slam-bam cookies

We left Hillsboro, Kan., more than three decades ago, but we still think of it often. Fondly, I might add. Especially while cooking. When Millie

Wally Kroeker

May 6, 2019

The affirmation alternative: A religious case for atheist oaths

On March 30, Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke at Pepperdine University School of Law’s annual dinner. He reflected broadly on

M. Ryan Groff

May 1, 2019

Hymnal delights at Glennon Heights

It is not every day that I am able to nerd out with other hymnal enthusiasts, but that’s exactly what happened throughout the March 30

Jeff Bontrager

April 29, 2019

‘Mennonite’ isn’t the problem

I could not disagree more strongly with Ryan Ahlgrim’s suggestion that the name “Mennonite” be thrown on the trash heap of history (Blog, “It’s time

Kurt Goering

April 26, 2019

Of creeds and confessions

“Ours is not a creedal church,” I often hear. That is, we don’t officially hold churches and their members to any of the historic statements

Mathew Swora

April 24, 2019

Zwieback and leprosy

The beat-up diesel pickup truck sputtered as it came over the hill into view. A half dozen men in torn filthy shirts stood in the

Marlena Fiol

April 18, 2019

Dad’s gun

On a recent Tuesday, I stood in a church parking lot as a blacksmith sawed my father’s old rifle into pieces. Those pieces would be

Mark Wiebe

April 12, 2019

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