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Marriage put chaotic life in Old Order

It is rare to get an insider’s view of Amish life. It is rarer to get that view from an “English” person who joined the

March 16, 2015

MWR speaker: Politics needs Anabaptist voice

HESSTON, Kan. — A former Kansas budget director who served both Democrat and Republican governors says the question for Anabaptists is not “Should we be political?” but “How should we be political?”

Speaking at Mennonite World Review Inc. annual corporation meeting March 6 at Hesston College, Duane Goossen said politics is fundamentally about how people with different ideas and values live together.

Goossen is senior fellow at the Kansas Center for Economic Growth and a member of Southern Hills Mennonite Church in Topeka.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

March 16, 2015

Healthy obsession

Leonard Gross (Letters & Comments, Feb. 16) may well be right that Mennonite Church USA institutions are obsessed with John Howard Yoder. Or not. But for

Rachel Stella

March 16, 2015

Network spreads ‘healthy infection’ in Venezuela

An ecumenical group of church leaders in Venezuela — led by a Mennonite, Erwin Mirabal — describes its educational mission with a metaphor of the gospel of Jesus as a healthy infection.

They say they are “infecting the churches of Venezuela with a sana doctrina (healthy doctrine).”

Holly Blosser Yoder, Central Plains Mennonite Conference | Mennonite Mission Network

March 16, 2015

Lifestyle or life?

When the word “lifestyle” is applied to LGBTQ people, it can be misleading and harmful. Today, most of those who have tried to help change

Rachel Stella

March 16, 2015

Pain management

Two recent conversations about pain . . . My daughter has lately been coming to terms with the horrors of World War II. They’ve been

Ryan Dueck

March 16, 2015

Street theater, physical resurrection

When we watch a play, we focus only on the stage. We do not think of the weeks of planning or the jumble of costumes

Reta Halteman Finger

March 16, 2015

Cold comfort

Late winter — when spring looms close but the forecast remains cold — is an annual opportunity to practice patience. And thank goodness. We need

Kelli Yoder

March 16, 2015

Opinion: Our real ‘sin problem’

When people in the church talk about sin, they often add a highly theological meaning: Our sins are an offense that separates us from God.

John K. Stoner, Berry Friesen | For Mennonite World Review

March 16, 2015

Stop giving bonus points for success

Sociologist Dalton Conley explained on NPR’s Here and Now how families become less cohesive when one sibling is significantly richer than the others. Money triggers

Jane Yoder-Short

March 16, 2015

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