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Blizzard Syndrome and the current social distancing

The morning of March 17 our daughter Emily said we should make Prune Loaf. I said, “Yes. We should.” We have a malady known as

Dorcas Smucker

March 25, 2020

A pandemic, as I knew it

Mennonite workers witnessed the ravages of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in southern Africa during the 1980s and ’90s. Nearly a third of adults of reproductive age

Jonathan Larson

March 23, 2020

Cultivating peace of mind

When I arrived at my church office the morning of March 18, I began my day as I always do, with silence. I spend anywhere

Tim Huber

March 20, 2020

What I would do if I had a camel

We don’t have a camel. Our farm has at least one of many different critters, but we don’t have a camel. Ah, but if we did . . .

Carol Duerksen

March 18, 2020

Coronavirus is a physical and spiritual threat

The Christian faith is not just a personal commitment, it is also a communal experience. From the very beginning, Christians have gathered to share the

Thomas J. Reese | Religion News Service

March 16, 2020

Ruebens and pacifism

On a Wednesday night quest to find a rueben sandwich for my wife (Rainbow Mennonite Church Pastor Ruth Harder), I stopped by Browne’s Irish Marketplace

Jesse Graber

March 9, 2020

Being raised Amish-Mennonite, and what it taught me

The Amish-Mennonite way of life is much more complicated than it may seem at first glance. Amish and Mennonite denominations have huge variations among their

Rosina Schmucker

March 4, 2020

Reconciling the news of Jean Vanier with the work of L’Arche

It all came at once — a messy break up, the death of a close friend and the troubling news of Jean Vanier and sexual

Deborah-Ruth Ferber

March 2, 2020

Can you have an Anabaptist megachurch?

Several times over the last few years I’ve heard statements like this: “Boyd may embrace an Anabaptist theology, but his church (Woodland Hills) cannot be,

Greg Boyd

February 24, 2020