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Oh, how we love your precepts!

Fewer young adults are active in church than ever, we're told, but they tend to be drawn more to congregations with strongly held beliefs than

Harvey Yoder

January 9, 2017

A life of total generosity

What does it take to have a life of total generosity? Work. Lots and lots of work. Hard work. Endless work. A relentless pursuit to

Justin Hiebert

January 5, 2017

Vive la Révolution!

Pagan astrologers read it in the stars — a new king of the Jews had been born. And so the magi came from the Orient

Brian Zahnd

January 3, 2017

Learning to plow — a New Year’s resolution

Ever since the second week of Advent, I had planned to write a piece. Some brilliant little nugget about beating swords into plowshares, wolves and

Jon Butterfield

January 2, 2017

Jesus was born to die, but there’s more to the story

While some lament that Christmas has become increasingly secularized and materialistic, others have posted blogs and Facebook statuses reminding us of the real meaning of Christmas.

Deborah-Ruth Ferber

December 27, 2016

Mary’s song: ordained for mercy

This is an edited version of a sermon Isaac Villegas preached Dec. 11 at the ordination service for Theda Good at First Mennonite Church of

Isaac S. Villegas

December 23, 2016

The book of Revelation on living in Empire

The book of Revelation does not have a positive reputation these days. For many Christians it is seen as hopelessly complicated and obscure. In my

Ted Grimsrud

December 22, 2016

Hanukkah lights at Christmastime

First there was Jehovah — the creator and grand designer of the universe as we know it. Emanating from God was Judaism, the systems of

Brenda Isaacs

December 21, 2016

Making sense of a presidential election in 1960

As a volunteer in the Brethren in Christ Church and Messiah College Archives, I am currently working on indexing Evangelical Visitor articles from the 1960s.

Beth Hostetler Mark

December 19, 2016

MCC Christmas message: Pray with us for peace

Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly

Don Peters, J Ron Byler | Mennonite Central Committee

December 15, 2016

To leave or not leave?

From time to time, I walk alongside people wrestling through the question of whether they should start attending a different church group. I sympathize, because I

Rosina Schmucker

December 14, 2016

Who’s winning at church?

Over the past few weeks, a number of people have inquired about my thoughts on a recent study conducted by Canadian scholar David Haskell which

Ryan Dueck

December 12, 2016

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