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Avoiding a pro-suffering theology

Lent was a fairly new concept for me when I was in college, and one year I decided to make the ultimate sacrifice — chocolate. I

Joanna Harader

March 6, 2015

Oregon school, conference facing $5.5 million lawsuit

A former student of Western Mennonite School in Salem, Ore., has filed a lawsuit seeking $5.5 million in damages from the school and Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA.

The student was sexually abused by a teacher, Matthew David Yoder, who pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree sex abuse in March 2014. He was sentenced to 32 months in prison.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

March 5, 2015

Lancaster Mennonite School acquires Hershey school

Lancaster (Pa.) Mennonite School acquired a nondenominational private school in late February, the fourth school to join the system since 2002.

LMS superintendent Richard Thomas said the opportunity came as a surprise.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

March 5, 2015

You lost me: Young adults and the church

Earlier this month, I was one of many who gathered in the new Marpeck Commons building at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Man., to hear

Susie Guenther Loewen

March 5, 2015

Iowa pastor detained by ICE

Mennonite pastor Max Villatoro was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on March 3 and is facing deportation. Villatoro is a long-time community member and pastor

Anna Groff with information from a press release

March 4, 2015

Laundry, lent and suffering

It’s not the cold, snow and wind that get to me. Not our house’s perpetually crunchy, dirty floors. Not even the smell of the litter box and

Kelly Chripczuk

March 4, 2015

Showing care for victims of sexual abuse

The Discernment Group working to care for victims of John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse and to advocate against sexual abuse in the Mennonite Church has

Ervin Stutzman

March 3, 2015

Do Christian pacifists have a solution for stopping ISIS?

A couple of folks I really respect — Kate Gould of Friends Committee on National Legislation (a.k.a., the Quaker Lobby), and Jim Wallis of Sojourners — were

Micah Bales

March 3, 2015

Mountain States announces song contest winners

From left: Mary Sprunger-Froese, Vern Rempel, Jaime Lazaro, Herm Weaver, Rhoda Blough and Tory Doerksen. Photo provided. Mountain States Mennonite Conference announces the three winners of the

MSMC

March 3, 2015

My family had no door

As the sun set and the stars made themselves known in the Senegalese sky, I would watch the news with my eldest host brother, Amar.

Dominique Chew

March 2, 2015

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