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The things we hide from others

Like many, I’ve been following the story of the Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings pilot who deliberately crashed the plane he was co-piloting from Barcelona to

Ryan Dueck

March 30, 2015

Learning to leave well

We need to find a new way to talk about the congregations that are leaving Mennonite Church USA: They’re not leaving us; we’re getting divorced.

Hillary Watson

March 27, 2015

Giving up my need to be right

Lent is a time to let go of things that hold us back, a time to return to God with our whole heart. As we

Ron Zook

March 26, 2015

United by love, not doctrine

A couple of days ago, with the help of some friends, I planted the early vegetable garden with cauliflowers, cabbages, broccoli, lettuce, Chinese greens and carrots.

Christine Sine

March 25, 2015

The small politics of the church

If you read a lot of Anabaptist theology you know that a key insight regarding the social and political witness of church is this: The social

Richard Beck

March 24, 2015

Toward Mennonite sexual integrity

The Mennonite church needs a conversation about sexual integrity, how people respect their own bodies and those of other people. Sexual abuse — and even sexual

Lisa Schirch

March 23, 2015

10 ways Mennonites are like hipsters

I'm not the first person to notice a certain similarity between Mennonite culture and hipsterism. Google "hipster Mennonite" and you come up with lots of

Sherri Klassen

March 20, 2015

The Bible is not a book

So often we hear, “The Bible says . . .” What exactly does that mean? Especially when topics are controversial, the conversation stopper is often

Dorothy Nickel Friesen

March 19, 2015

Leading with zeal

I sat on the back porch, sinking into the lawn chair with a sense of triumph. I had just installed what was sure to be

Josh Gelatt

March 18, 2015

About my humanist son

A year ago, my son Bart announced that he no longer believed in God. He wanted to, he told me, but he just couldn’t. There

Tony Campolo

March 17, 2015

Pain management

Two recent conversations about pain . . . My daughter has lately been coming to terms with the horrors of World War II. They’ve been

Ryan Dueck

March 16, 2015

A new Anabaptist reading list

The Mennonite churches I have been part of, and the theology and ethics they espouse, have been among the most formative theological influences in my life.

Hannah Heinzekehr

March 13, 2015

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