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American civil religion on steroids

"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then

Harvey Yoder

January 30, 2017

MCC U.S. statement on immigrants and refugees

Do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. (Zechariah 7:10)

J Ron Byler | Mennonite Central Committee

January 27, 2017

Seeing the small things

We live in excitable and noisy times. Our heads are daily filled with big ideas, big objections, big reactions, big fears… I’ve been trying to

Ryan Dueck

January 26, 2017

Prayer for President Donald Trump

I wrote this prayer for President Obama, and I adjust it for President Trump. I am committed to praying for this our new president and

Scot McKnight

January 20, 2017

‘Pure’: Is our indignant response to the CBC drama righteous?

Since the first couple of episodes of CBC’s Pure depicting Mennonites as drug runners from Mexico aired on Jan. 9, the temperature of our community’s

Dan Dyck

January 19, 2017

A ready answer

In the 1500s, Anabaptist leader Menno Simons wrote a tract titled “Why I Do Not Cease Teaching and Writing.” In this tract, he unashamedly addressed the

Deborah-Ruth Ferber

January 18, 2017

What you might not know about Martin Luther King Jr.

I’ve recently been working through Martin Luther King Jr.’s A Testament of Hope. Here are some quick thoughts from my notes on this holiday honoring

Matt Landis

January 16, 2017

Defining moments

Abraham Lincoln had a defining moment at Gettysburg when he began his speech, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this

Glenn Balzer

January 13, 2017

Looking for light: Why I’m marching on Washington

I will awake in the darkness. I will bundle in warm layers to brave the bleak midwinter. I will leave my sleeping husband and three

Sarah Bixler

January 12, 2017

We wear a name

When I was in school, I met an atheist who was planning to work in the Arab world. He said that he was undecided about

Tricia Kennell

January 11, 2017

What does God want?

What does God want? If you go to a conservative Christian church, you know the answer to this question is: "Love the Lord your God

Todd Grotenhuis

January 10, 2017

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