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What’s so important about community anyways? A lot.

What’s so important about community anyways? A lot. It’s the one word present in our mission, our vision and our core values statement. Here are

Rebecca Stoltzfus

August 9, 2019

Bound by love

When the lawyer finally got face time with Jesus, he poured out what was heaviest on his heart, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit

Tommy Airey

August 8, 2019

El Paso and Dayton mass shootings: Christians must act as well as pray

Back-to-back murderous acts of gun violence left at least 29 dead and 53 injured in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 3-4. Many Americans

Jamie D. Aten | Religion News Service

August 6, 2019

A system of (dis)trust

A long time ago, Ona, a leader in the Bolivian Mennonite Church, made an offhand but accurate comment: In Bolivia, everything is negotiable. I’ve found

Abe Janzen

August 5, 2019

Does church membership have scriptural grounds?

Earlier this year, the Constituency Leaders Council of Mennonite Church USA began a discernment process regarding what ought to be done with the denomination’s membership

Aaron Yoder

July 30, 2019

‘Seculosity’ author traces society’s search for righteousness outside the church

A growing number of Americans do not follow a religion. But chances are that the details of their lives — from their phones and their

Aysha Khan | Religion News Service

July 23, 2019

Losing inerrancy

When I was 17 years old, almost exactly 47 years ago, I made a decision to become a Christian. At the time, my motivation was

Ted Grimsrud

July 19, 2019

I feel guilty about my free time

When I was bemoaning my singleness once, a wise person told me, “You made your choices.” At first, I wanted to complain, “But I didn’t

Tabitha Driver

July 17, 2019

You give them something to eat

I spent part of the morning of May 31 packaging and delivering bread. Every three years, the Mennonite-ish churches in our area pool their time,

Ryan Dueck

July 15, 2019

Christian nationalism, the border and Fourth of July church in Dallas

I first became aware of the power of Christian nationalism last year, during an interview at the Evangelicals for Life Conference in Washington, D.C., a

Angela Denker | Religion News Service

July 12, 2019

A resignation’s core values

In Jane Philpott’s letter of resignation from Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Cabinet in March, she stated it grieved her to leave her post as

John Longhurst | Winnipeg Free Press

July 3, 2019

The bread of the Lord’s compassion

“We get our bread at the peril of our lives” (Lam. 5:9). In Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, at the Mennonite Family Center, we hear Boris Letkemann share

J Ron Byler

July 1, 2019

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