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We still need to talk about Ferguson

I know, I know. The news cycle on this is over, and thoughts are elsewhere. But, Ferguson’s story happens in some form every day in

Amy Yoder McGloughlin

October 10, 2014

Becoming a church of the servant

And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,

Micah Bales

October 9, 2014

Why privileged people love quoting MLK

If you’re outspoken on the issue of race, chances are, at one point or another, you’ve had a conversation with a self-proclaimed pacifist who has cited

Andy Gill

October 8, 2014

Freedom of fear

The fear of the Lord isn’t a popular concept these days. The church has discovered the practical difficulties of attempting conversion by threat of lightning

Meghan Good

October 7, 2014

Sharing the faith

“Why don’t Mennonites believe in evangelism?” asked my breakfast partner. This was the question of the appointment. With small chat out of the way, the

Willard Metzger

October 6, 2014

Why losing weight and Bible reading are two of life’s hardest activities

At the group home where I work, there is a young man who is very kind and considerate but, like the rest of us, sometimes expects

Deborah-Ruth Ferber

October 3, 2014

A nonviolent uprising

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: a “riot is the language of the unheard.” What happens when folks do not feel like their voices are

Shane Claiborne

October 2, 2014

Skipping church

Last Sunday we, as a family, were exhausted. We, as a family, were skipping church. We go to church most Sundays. Matt and I ship

Jill Clingan

October 1, 2014

Plain people in the midst of cultural transformation

The below photo depicts an understudied — yet vitally important — aspect of Brethren in Christ religious life in the 1960s and 1970s: the Church Growth

Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas

September 30, 2014

The limits of Stan the Man Hauerwas

When I was in seminary, I got drunk on Stanley Hauerwas. His polemic works against modernity, Christendom, liberalism, individualism, etc., struck a chord with me,

Brian R. Gumm

September 29, 2014

A critique of Mennonite fanaticism

If we only listen to the voices of those in positions of power, perhaps we have learned nothing from Christendom. I had the wonderful opportunity

Kevin Gasser

September 26, 2014

Retelling the Bible as a story of grace

At Central Christian High School, the Mennonite high school I attended, all sophomores are tasked with telling the Bible story from memory. (And from what

Brooke Natalie Blough

September 25, 2014

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