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Global MCC program aids underserved in N. America

SASKATOON, Sask. — A group of kids wiggle their way through the doors of Floating Gardens Ltd. and spill into the entry. They take off their shoes and slip into rubber ones designated safe for the greenhouse.

This is the last day of the first year of Bread for Success, an afterschool project supported through Mennonite Central Committee’s Global Family education program.

Meghan Mast | Mennonite Central Committee

August 17, 2015

Jesus as “the Way”

One of the most popular and — at least for some of us —uncomfortable “I am” sayings is from John 14:6: “I am the way,

Joanna Harader

August 14, 2015

Was Jesus abandoned by the Father on the cross?

As Jesus hung on the cross, he cried, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (Matt. 27:46). This is the cry of our God who stooped to the

Greg Boyd

August 13, 2015

Global Education Conference attracts over 100 leaders from 13 countries

Photo: Participants of the Global Education Conference spent time networking and getting to know one another during meal times. Photo by Reuben Friesen "Like a Tree

Krista Allen of MEA

August 12, 2015

MC USA leaders respond to area conferences considering departure

ELKHART, Ind. — The executive committee of the Executive Board of Mennonite Church USA sent letters Aug. 4 to North Central Conference and Lancaster Mennonite

Mennonite Church USA

August 12, 2015

In Lancaster proposal, some look for options

Although Lancaster Mennonite Conference bishops last month unanimously proposed that Lancaster withdraw from Mennonite Church USA, they do not all agree the conference should leave.

One who wants MC USA’s largest conference to stay is Clair Good, Lancaster’s assistant moderator and a bishop representing Elizabethtown and York districts.

“I have a deep desire to see the spectrum of people working together and being the kingdom of God, even if we disagree on some things, and that is really difficult if we cut relationships completely,” he said.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

August 12, 2015

The great (de)commission

Now the 11 disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some

Ruth Harder

August 12, 2015

A missionary’s legacy

The name Makanalia is one I’ve known for almost as long as I can remember. My father, Lewis Sider, had a very special relationship with

Harriet Sider Bicksler

August 11, 2015

Fritz, the Mennonite dog

I first set eyes on Fritz, the Mennonite dog, as I drove around Boise, Idaho’s North End, looking for a place to rent in 1990.

Angeline Kearns Blain

August 10, 2015

Transfiguration or disfiguration? Remembering Hiroshima

Aug. 6 was the 70th anniversary of the inauguration of the nuclear age, when the U.S. dropped an atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima,

Ched Myers

August 10, 2015

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