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Our hymns shape our church

"Out of the fullness of the heart, the language of each mortal springs. If you would truly know a man, just listen to the songs

Harvey Yoder

August 27, 2018

Truth is knowable — his name is Jesus

Our small group met a few days ago and once again enjoyed moments of laughter, food, spiritual discussion and prayer together as we discussed the

Aaron Yoder

August 20, 2018

Balancing the needs of introverts and extroverts in the church

“What are you reading?” my bus mates asked me on tour this summer. “Quiet by Susan Cain. It’s about why introverts deserve to live.” Leave

Esther Swartzentruber

August 16, 2018

Our responsibility as clergy regarding abuse

In what has to be one of history’s most poignant, trenchant ironies, Tuesday’s report from a grand jury in Pennsylvania about decades of sexual abuse

Mathew Swora

August 15, 2018

Non-dualistic thinking and apocalyptic theology

Many progressive Christians talk a lot about a spirituality that prizes non-dualistic thinking. This emphasis on non-dualistic thinking comes from contemplative Christian traditions that have

Richard Beck

August 14, 2018

Why ‘church in nature’ isn’t enough

There’s this mildly irritating phrase that I have encountered with some frequency over the course of the decade or so that I have been a

Ryan Dueck

August 13, 2018

The frightening task of preaching

Preaching is a privilege, a frightening task. By frightening, trembling before God is meant, not a fear of speaking in public. Jesus said we are

Terry M. Smith

August 9, 2018

Hearing God’s voice louder

Our theme this year in our congregation at Trissels Mennonite Church is “Moving toward Jesus together.” Occasionally during a worship service we will ask a

Harold N. Miller

August 8, 2018

How to pray for the people you love

To introduce our summer preaching series on Philippians, I called my sermon How to Pray for the People You Love, because that’s what the apostle

April Yamasaki

August 7, 2018

A moral debate with God

In July 1943, American bombers attacked Hamburg, Germany. The Allies wanted to cripple the Nazi war machine by targeting the city’s factories. Unfortunately, precision bombing

AW Staff

July 31, 2018

What do historians look like?

The first time I submitted a piece of scholarship for consideration to an academic journal — at age 21 and having just earned B.A. in history

Rachel Waltner Goossen

July 30, 2018

Young people key to resilient global church

A greeting from the Vietnam Mennonite Church to the world. Throughout its history, the people of the VMC have never failed to demonstrate their resilience

Thien Phuoc Quang Tran, Mennonite World Conference | Mennonite Central Committee

July 25, 2018

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