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Love for lawbreakers: Reading Romans 13 with Romans 5

I had taken a vacation from the news for a couple weeks, but I couldn’t help but notice all the discussion in my Facebook feed

Ryan McKelvey

June 27, 2018

Immigration injustices aren’t new

I clearly remember that cold winter morning in January 2007. I arrived at the airport at 3:30 a.m. to report for my job, as a

Ana Alicia Hinojosa

June 26, 2018

Pope Francis — a pastor for the global church

For much of the previous week, I had the privilege of representing Mennonites at meetings of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches in

J. Nelson Kraybill

June 25, 2018

Red dresses, rebellion and redemption

“Red is the color of harlots. It’s the color of women in rebellion. Why would we want to have red dresses in the church when

Sharon Graber Carpenter

June 22, 2018

How to keep going when injustice gets worse

Is this what we’ve come to? Defending the moral claim that families should be together and children should not be in cages? After days of

Hillary Watson

June 21, 2018

We need cities of refuge, not border walls

There was one picture in the Bible story book we had at home that struck special fear in me as a child. It showed the

Harvey Yoder

June 20, 2018

Anabaptism’s 500th anniversary is 2025, not 2027

At times of historical celebration, there is often debate as to the veracity of classical interpretations of a movement’s beginnings. Such a debate is with

Leonard Gross

June 19, 2018

Faith leaders’ response to family separation

Separating families is wrong. Selectively using Scripture to justify tearing families apart is dangerous and immoral. In such a time as this, Christians need to

Mennonite Church USA

June 18, 2018

Too political — or not

Some folks withhold funds from AMBS because in their view, AMBS is “too political.” Others suggest with anger that AMBS isn’t political enough. We have

Sara Wenger Shenk

June 14, 2018

Making sense of the messy Bible

I’m convinced that if somebody simply rewrote books of the Bible in modern language and published it under a different name, most Christian bookstores would

Ryan Robinson

June 11, 2018

When I dislike things in the Bible

“Women should be silent.” “Cover your head.” “Wives, submit to your husbands.” “Take up your cross” “Share in suffering.” “You will experience persecution.” There's a

Tabitha Driver

June 4, 2018

Somewhere to be

I’m technically on a “blogging sabbatical,” but I decided to interrupt it to offer a few reflections and observations on a trip I’m presently on

Ryan Dueck

June 1, 2018

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