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Calling shaped church in 20th century

Biographer John E. Sharp suggests most Mennonites younger than 60 are unacquainted with the life of Orie O. Miller. An extraordinarily influential lay leader in

Rachel Waltner Goossen

July 6, 2015

Scattered, traumatized Nigerian Brethren rebuild lives, preserve church

Devastation caused by Islamic insurgents “could well have been the death knell” for the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, but the people are resilient as

Mennonite World Review staff

July 6, 2015

Amish schools find ways to serve special-needs children

CLARK, Mo. — Maryann Yoder, 5, will join her sister Edna, 7, and other Amish children in a local one-room schoolhouse in a few years. But until then, speech therapist Anna Crusha provides a different education for the girls, just for the two of them, in their tidy home every Thursday.

Crusha, working for the Sturgeon R-V School District, uses board games and other activities to improve their speech. The sisters are both partially deaf.

Heather Adams | Religion News Service

July 6, 2015

Urgent search for water in Mozambique

Six men grasp the long metal handle of a drill and walk slowly in a circle. They lean into the task, using their body weight to drive the drill shaft into the dry soil.

They have hand-drilled some 16 feet down and have a dozen feet or more to go. Even then, there’s no guarantee the water will be potable. An attempt nearby was abandoned after three days of drilling when workers found the water too . . .

Julie Bell | Mennonite Central Committee

July 6, 2015

Beware of tradition

As Christians debate homosexuality, it has been suggested that tradition has authority. But how would traditionalists size up Christ’s, Paul’s and Peter’s decision to accept

Letters

July 6, 2015

Youth clean up Cave Spring Park

On June 30, Mennonite youth helped clean up Cave Spring Park, Van Buren, Mo., as a servant project during Kansas City 2015. First, the youth

Anna Biesecker-Mast

July 6, 2015

The children are listening

I cannot remember my exact age, but I do remember my exact feelings when two women were denied membership to my home church. I sat

Addie Liechty

July 6, 2015

July recipe: Grilled vegetable soba noodles with rosemary garlic sauce

Cooking delicious food for guests with dietary preferences calls for creative use of the season's bounty. Our goal for a weeknight dinner with friends was

Hungry Hounds

July 6, 2015

Honeymooning at Kansas City 2015

Photo: Ryan and Sarah Gerber in front of the Kansas City Convention Center. Photo by Rebecca Helmuth. Ryan and Sarah Gerber had been married for

Rebecca Helmuth

July 5, 2015

Delegates hear from LGBTQ advocates, African Americans

Photo: Elizabeth Soto Albrecht prays with Patricia Shelly, newly installed moderator July 4 at Kansas City 2015. Photo by Mennonite Church USA. In the midst

Gordon Houser

July 5, 2015

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