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Hugh Hollowell: Walking with the homeless: Listing Articles

In his late 20s, says Hugh Hollowell, a driven and restless stockbroker, he began reading about the Anabaptists and their Jesus-centered approach to gospel living …

The Mennonite

August 1, 2014

The possibility of the impossible

Written by Gordon Houser For now we see in a mirror, dimly, … Now I know only in part.—1 Corinthians 13:12 We all see the

anna

August 1, 2014

A letter to the MC USA Executive Board

Author's note: I did not write what follows intending it to be an open letter. Given the strong encouragement by a small circle with whom I

Gordon Oyer

August 1, 2014

Waiting with the stories

My daughter and I looked at our garden each day, peering closely into the dark earth. “Do you see anything yet?” she asked, her voice

Melissa Florer-Bixler

July 31, 2014

Much is given, and much will be required

At first when I heard one of the main focuses of my cross-cultural experience to Guatemala (with Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va.) would be immigration,

Andrea King

July 30, 2014

Build relationships, put an end to violence

A picture of a young girl in Gaza, standing against a school and mourning the loss of a relative killed there, fills the main part

Amy Gingerich

July 29, 2014

Upland Peace Church grafts cultures together

UPLAND, Calif. — Grafting is the process of joining new branches to old rootstock in the hopes of making a strong and unified hybrid. It’s work, but the abundant fruit that can result from a successful graft makes the effort worthwhile.

Grafting an immigrant congregation onto a deeply rooted Mennonite community in Upland is even harder work.

Doreen Martens | Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference

July 28, 2014

Countdown to reunion

The worldwide Anabaptist family reunion will come to the eastern U.S. next summer for the first time in Mennonite World Conference’s 90-year history.

U.S. Mennonites and Brethren in Christ are inviting sisters and brothers from around the world to Harrisburg, Pa., July 21-26, 2015, for MWC’s every-six-year assembly.

The event was last held in the U.S. in 1978 in Wichita, Kan.

Phyllis Pellman Good | Mennonite World Conference

July 28, 2014

MDS inspires gift of old farm

PHILADELPHIA — When Kevin King answered the phone in Mennonite Central Committee’s constituency ministries department one day in the early 1990s, he heard a surprising pronouncement.

“ ‘We’re the Thomas brothers, and we want to give our farm to the Mennonites,’ ” King recalled hearing. “I just about fell off my chair.”

Rachel Sommer | Mennonite Central Committee

July 28, 2014

How would Jesus vote on hot topics?

I read an article on Huffington Post about a new survey by a nonpartisan organization called YouGov of self-identified Christians. Asked how they believe Jesus

Christian Piatt

July 28, 2014

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