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Why I love being a black girl

I have led a number of conversations on white privilege. The conversations have a tendency to all go the same direction. We as facilitators often

Austin Channing Brown

February 24, 2015

God’s devouring fire

Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, and a mighty tempest all around him. — Psalm 50:3 When God

Isaac S. Villegas

February 23, 2015

Church splits will never resolve the traditionalist, progressive divide

Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit . . .

Harvey Yoder

February 20, 2015

Being a Mennonite academic

It’s interesting being a Mennonite and an academic. Sometimes I find my Anabaptist-Mennonite sensibilities grating against the norms of academia: my “priesthood of all believers”

Susie Guenther Loewen

February 19, 2015

Preparing to enter Lent — thoughts on Ash Wednesday

Three years ago I developed a creative arts Lenten retreat based on the Revised Common Lectionary passage. And guess what? The Lectionary has cycled back

Joanna Harader

February 18, 2015

Is Jesus a revolutionary?

I’m starting to think that Che Guevara and the Jesus of the gospel according to Mark have an awful lot in common. I should explain,

Christian Piatt

February 17, 2015

Issue-based discussions must start with Scripture

We are a people who believe that the Bible is the revealed Word of God. We suffer those who disagree with that premise to participate

Neal Steiner

February 16, 2015

10 reasons I love MC USA and don’t want it to change

With all our sexuality grumblings, some days it’s hard to believe we even want Mennonite Church USA to survive. Of course, we all want the

Hillary Watson

February 13, 2015

When I was young, faith often seemed to be about straight lines. Right/wrong. Do/don’t. Pure/impure. In/out. Faith/doubt. Virtue/sin. Blessed/cursed. Victorious/suffering. Innocent/guilty. Saved/damned. The lines were

Ryan Dueck

February 12, 2015

Community will save the world

I once read a blog post by a Unitarian pastor who said she believed community would save the world. I think she may be right. In

Kathleen Quiring

February 11, 2015

Thank you, Obama, for denouncing Christian violence

It seems some conservative Christians are up in arms because of something President Obama said at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5. After condemning ISIS

Greg Boyd

February 10, 2015

Sitting in Bolivia, with MC USA on my mind

I’m in the middle of a sojourn in Bolivia and a long way from the current action percolating around Mennonite Church USA. Our family is

Stephen Penner

February 9, 2015

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