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Waiting for God to act

Advent is for waiting. As we tell the story of redemption through the church calendar we begin our telling of the sacred story, not with

Brian Zahnd

December 12, 2018

Choose your own journey

I find myself at the Nanjing Normal University track most mornings, when the urge to run somehow overrides my desire to continue sleeping. Or maybe

Mackenzie Miller

December 10, 2018

Yes, I still want to see Heaven . . .

Each Sunday, at the close of his sermons, Pastor Blake would open the doors of the church. To the uninitiated, that did not mean that

Horace McMillon

December 7, 2018

At the Intersection: Psalm 131

There are people who take to driving as naturally as walking. For me as a wide-eyed 14-year-old with a newly minted learner’s permit, it seemed

Meghan Good

December 5, 2018

Drinking coffee with Canada’s National Mennonite Historical Society

Over the Nov. 15-17 weekend, I listened to no less than 30 academic presentations in a space of 2.5 days as Canada’s National Mennonite Historical

Esther Swartzentruber

December 3, 2018

Waiting for Advent

I’ve discovered there are two kinds of people in the world, and it’s one of the deep social divides polarizing the world. On the one

Richard Beck

November 28, 2018

Some other ways to talk about Indians this Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is almost upon us. How do you talk about it with your children? Many of us learned a story about Pilgrims and Indians sharing

Rebecca Barrett-Fox

November 19, 2018

Our troubling Mennonite inferiority complex

“Many American Christians simply assume that the state has no business dictating church beliefs or practices, that a church should be a gathered body of

Harvey Yoder

November 16, 2018

One year in: A Sanctuary reflection

Oct. 2 was the one year anniversary of Edith in Sanctuary in our Columbus Mennonite Church building. The press continues to tell her story sympathetically,

Joel Miller

November 14, 2018

“Djagalah Anak Kambing Koe” (“Tend My Lambs”)

Renewal 2027 is a 10-year series of events organized by Mennonite World Conference’s Faith and Life Commission to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the beginnings

Paul Gunawan | Mennonite World Conference

November 12, 2018

Samaritan’s Purse and the Parable of the Good Muslim

I’m always dismayed when I hear yet another example of the widespread ignorance and prejudice against Islam in America. But I’m particularly upset when that

Mel Lehman

November 9, 2018

Hutterite heirloom seeds – A harvest of memories

“As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night” (Gen. 8:22). On a

Linda Maendel

November 7, 2018

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