When Lois Gunden went to Vichy France at the request of the Mennonite Central Committee 72 years ago, she hoped to be able to improve the lives of child refugees. She could not have imagined that she would be in a position to save them from deportation and death at Auschwitz …
The first time I ever heard Mennonites singing in four-part harmony all the hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and I burst into tears.
For the past four years, every Thursday morning of Holy Week, a few of us from our Mennonite community have gathered with Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Baptists and Quakers, among other Christians, for a foot-washing worship service …
The decision to hold Mennonite Church USA’s biennial convention in Phoenix in 2013 generated calls over the past two years for it to be held elsewhere. Arizona’s draconian immigration laws were the reason many people did not want the convention there and the reason some stayed away …
Falling from the bleachers at a high school baseball game is embarrassing. Falling from the bleachers on top of your toddler daughter while trying to protect your pregnant belly (apparently) leads to pain (sprained ankle) and inconvenience (bed rest) …
Should U.S. media publish graphic images of war, abortion or car accidents? Or do such images do more harm than good? Conor Friedersdorf raises such questions in “The Gutless Press” …