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The beauty of paradox

Why do Christians have such difficulty reaching agreement? The answer may lie in the very nature of God and the gospel. Our challenge is to

Sheldon Burkhalter

December 30, 2019

A personal Anabaptist political manifesto

“The worldly are armed with steel and iron, but Christians are armed with the armor of God, with truth, righteousness, peace, faith, salvation, and with

Gerald Mast

December 23, 2019

Celebrating the holidays — and every day

Celebration is what we are called to. We are called to practice joy by celebrating. What we have to learn is how to celebrate life.

Henri Nouwen

December 16, 2019

Burying Bibles

We were moving to smaller quarters in Hillsboro, Kan., and needed to downsize, including downsizing our library. Books collected over years that documented my intellectual

Keith Harder

December 12, 2019

I wear my heart on my sleeve

When Alisha and I and our son, Asher, moved to Barcelona, many things didn’t make the cut in our attempt to “leave all things behind”

Joshua Garber | Mennonite Mission Network

December 9, 2019

The good kind of power

“I did not give you a spirit of fear but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” So wrote Paul to Timothy (2

Andre Gingerich Stoner

December 6, 2019

Advent: from ranting to singing

Advent is a season of patience and reflection, even confession and tears. It is a time of observing, watching, staying awake. The Isaiah texts that

Dorothy Nickel Friesen

December 4, 2019

Jesus and the Old Testament on killing

God, incarnate in Jesus Christ, tells us to love our enemies. How does that fit with Old Testament commands to kill? After Joshua 10 describes

Ronald J. Sider

November 25, 2019

I didn’t just change my mind

Moses got a burning bush. In my case, the voice wasn’t in a burning bush. It wasn’t even a voice. After hosting 20 exchange students,

Carol Duerksen

November 22, 2019

Extending the good news to those who are excluded

“He has sent me to proclaim good news to the oppressed, to bind up the broken-hearted” (Isaiah 61:1). On a recent Mennonite Central Committee learning

J Ron Byler

November 18, 2019

Observations about women’s roles

I can’t even count the number of times I have started and stopped writing about issues related to women. The subject of a woman’s role

Rosina Schmucker

November 15, 2019

Transnational Mennonite Studies Conference on Anthropology

“My personal experience after almost 50 years of researching and writing about Mennonites is that Mennonites have been active participants in the world and as

Ernest Braun

November 13, 2019

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