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Death consumed by life

There is a spark of God hidden within each one of us. For some the spark only smolders and smokes, layers of ash encasing the

Patrick Nafziger

April 14, 2014

The fisherman and the priest: responding to refugees in Greece

For the last week, I have been part of a delegation from Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) Europe to Greece to listen to the stories of

Tim Nafziger

April 13, 2014

A call for an ecumenical Mennonite denomination

I’m wondering if Mennonite Church USA can reframe our current anxiety over issues of sexuality into an ecumenical dialogue and partnership. Can we focus on

Jim S. Amstutz

April 11, 2014

Divine child abuse?

This is an excerpt of the sermon Harader preached on John 19:31-37 on April 6. Read the sermon in its entirety here. I attended a discussion

Joanna Harader

April 10, 2014

Graham’s almost agreement with nonresistance

A seminal event in Anabaptist history happened when, in 1961 dialogue began between Mennonite and Brethren in Christ leaders and Billy Graham — at the

Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas

April 9, 2014

My interview with NPR’s John Burnett

I first got to know NPR correspondent John Burnett when he was in Portland doing a story about beer and theology. He was featuring the Beer and

Christian Piatt

April 8, 2014

Traditions drive Amish survival

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — Why have the Amish survived? Cory Anderson says it boils down to one word: babies.

Anderson, a member of a Beachy Amish Mennonite church and a doctoral candidate in rural sociology at Ohio State University, addressed a room full of Amish Mennonites at Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies on March 20.

Brian K. Pipkin | For Mennonite World Review

April 7, 2014

The church: What is or what could be?

Do you love the church for what it could be or what it is? If the former, I suggest you read Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s magisterial little book, Life

Scot McKnight

April 7, 2014

On a fraught subject, a change without conflict

An update to Bethel College’s nondiscrimination policy drew support on social media and brought attention to differences between faculty hiring processes at Mennonite colleges. Bethel’s

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

April 7, 2014

Martyr’s gift: What Martin Luther King died for

Fifty-six years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King was gunned down in Memphis, Tenn. In the Christian tradition, martyrs' death days are their feast days,

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

April 4, 2014

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