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Reflections from Orlando: Change is happening

I spent most of the first week of July in Orlando, Fla., being a delegate at the Mennonite Church USA convention. Confession: I don’t like conventions. There’s

Jennifer Murch

July 18, 2017

It’s hard to love when they’re trying to hurt you

Most days, I go for a run. About three miles. Lately, I’ve been choosing a route that takes me along a trail that winds through

Micah Bales

July 17, 2017

Mennonite girls from everywhere can cook

I am disappointed that your cookbook includes recipes for things like tacos. To me, that's not Mennonite food. — anonymous comment on Mennonite Girls Can Cook

Harvey Yoder

July 14, 2017

Would we stand strong?

Six Brethren were arrested 300 years ago in Solingen, Germany. What was their crime? In 1716, the six men, ages 22 to 33, had been

Karen Garrett | Church of the Brethren

July 13, 2017

Following Jesus with a new fellowship

Today after I got dressed and I looked in the mirror, I just “felt” German Baptist. I don’t expect anyone to understand that feeling, and maybe

Nicci Price

July 10, 2017

The ‘Christian’ politics of stone-throwing

One of the challenges in any era is what to do when there is a difference of opinion. Two key areas come to mind: theology

Kurt Willems

July 5, 2017

Mennonite Church USA pep talk for Orlando

This week, July 4-8, Mennonites from across the U.S. will gather in Orlando, Fla., for the Mennonite Church USA biennial convention. I have spent my whole

Ruth Harder

July 3, 2017

Eat our way to joy

Joy strikes out of the blue nothingness. You can’t expect it or manufacture it or capture it. For Christians, the completeness of our joy comes

Brad Roth

June 30, 2017

The problem — and pressure — with wanting a king

It doesn’t matter how old we are; we feel the pressure of peers. It happened to the Israelites, and it happens to us. It’s our

Gert Slabach

June 29, 2017

The future (Mennonite) church

I’ve been told to come to the Mennonite Church USA Future Church Summit with a smile, ready to make new friends. And I will. I

Joanna Harader

June 28, 2017

How Christians can reduce and prevent terrorism

We live in a world that is sadly marked by violence and terrorism. It seems like very few days go by, if any at all,

Benjamin L. Corey

June 27, 2017

Bearing witness to the state

There is a certain strand of Anabaptist two-kingdom theology that says church and state should be so entirely separate that the church has nothing to

Dwight Gingrich

June 26, 2017

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