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Statement on shooting at Tree of Life synagogue

Throughout this year a group of us within Mennonite Church USA has been meeting to discuss Mennonite and Jewish relations. We are pastors, scholars and

Mennonite Jewish Relations Working Group

November 5, 2018

What Amish have to teach us

I live in Lancaster County, Pa., home to one of the largest Old Order Amish communities in the world. My work brings me into regular

Joe Miller

October 31, 2018

Commemoration at the Presidio

Recently I had the privilege of being asked to speak in San Francisco at the event, Presidio 27: “Mutiny” at the Stockade. The occasion was

David Cortright

October 26, 2018

The waste of love

I wake up with a dark hole of emptiness eating through my chest, and it takes me a second to realize why. My little girl

Rosina Schmucker

October 23, 2018

From sharing to testimony

As a young adult I was part of Campus Crusade for Christ (now Cru), and learned to write a three-minute testimony as a way of

April Yamasaki

October 19, 2018

Reflections on Ukraine: Can it happen again?

Women in Odessa, Kherson, Zaporozhe, Dnipro and Kiev adorn themselves in the colors and fragrances of happy gardens that belie Ukraine’s brutal history. Men without

Phil Kliewer

October 17, 2018

Lost and found

We love boundaries. We put them up all the time. Our countries are not the only things in life that are divided by borders. These

Moses Falco

October 15, 2018

A formula for atheism

A few years ago the pastor of an evangelical-fundamentalist church with whom I’m acquainted announced on the Sunday after Easter that he had become an

Brian Zahnd

October 12, 2018

A civil rights reunion

While on the faculty of Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., J. Lawrence Burkholder participated in an integration effort on March 31, 1964, in Saint

Myrna Burkholder

October 10, 2018

Returning to our commitments

In 2015, the Delegate Assembly of MC USA passed the Churchwide Statement on Sexual Abuse. It says: “We lament that sexual abuse exists not only

Mennonite Church USA

October 8, 2018

Show mercy like Jesus

A common perception is that Christians lack compassion, humility and kindness. Fair or unfair, the impression has stuck that we in the church often resemble

Harold N. Miller

October 5, 2018

A journey to cover

“Excuse me, Ma’am.” “Yes?” I said, a little surprised by the short-haired, long-bearded man with tattoos covering his forearms. I had just buckled my littlest

Sarah McKelvey

October 2, 2018

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