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Letting Jesus out

Lent caught me flat footed this year. I was in the produce aisle at Wal-Mart, looking for onions when I noticed the heavy ash cross

MaryAnn Yutzy

March 12, 2015

Loved — no matter what

I’d like to think that my kids, ages 11 and 14, would come to me and tell me anything. I would like to believe that

Amy Yoder McGloughlin

March 11, 2015

Reflection: A river runs through

If any of you is thirsty, come to Me and drink. If you believe in Me, the Hebrew Scriptures say that rivers of living water

Christine Sine

March 10, 2015

Dreams, deeds and the soul of Selma

Tens of thousands of Americans made the pilgrimage to Selma, Ala., March 7. They came to remember the sacrifices of everyday people who risked their

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

March 9, 2015

Avoiding a pro-suffering theology

Lent was a fairly new concept for me when I was in college, and one year I decided to make the ultimate sacrifice — chocolate. I

Joanna Harader

March 6, 2015

You lost me: Young adults and the church

Earlier this month, I was one of many who gathered in the new Marpeck Commons building at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Man., to hear

Susie Guenther Loewen

March 5, 2015

Laundry, lent and suffering

It’s not the cold, snow and wind that get to me. Not our house’s perpetually crunchy, dirty floors. Not even the smell of the litter box and

Kelly Chripczuk

March 4, 2015

Do Christian pacifists have a solution for stopping ISIS?

A couple of folks I really respect — Kate Gould of Friends Committee on National Legislation (a.k.a., the Quaker Lobby), and Jim Wallis of Sojourners — were

Micah Bales

March 3, 2015

After the rooster

I’ve had a lot of chances to talk to Peter lately. He shows up in my life under various names. As Samantha, who abandoned her

Meghan Good

March 2, 2015

Give up complaining for lent

“You better stop whinin’, pinin’,” sang Dolly Parton on her album Better Get to Livin'. If you’re “overweight, underpaid or under appreciated,” you’ll get no

John Longhurst

February 27, 2015

Who defines the common good?

Who determines what is in the "common good" and "national interest"? These terms are themselves so flexible as to be rendered nearly useless. Depending on

Marty Troyer

February 26, 2015

Rethinking the mission trip

During the recent 40th anniversary special of Saturday Night Live, they did some looking back. Some of my favorite sketches featured Jake and Elwood, the Blues Brothers. The

Glenn Balzer

February 25, 2015

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