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Ministry and money

Money is an important tool for all organizations, including the church. However, pastors generally receive little if any formal training in basic financial principles or personal money management …

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May 1, 2011

Must wars be fought to bring about peace?

Opinions: Perspectives from readers Popular thought today seems to support the idea that wars must be fought to bring about lasting peace. If the “bad

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May 1, 2011

Investing in hope: The hope encouraged by Scripture

Mennonite Church USA ... Perhaps we too readily hang our hopes for the church on false premises, such as the unrealistic beliefs that others will

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Early challenges to capital punishment

Christians in the early centuries forbade the death penalty. The earliest church prohibited Christians from participating in capital punishment, as is evident from the following

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All things new

A reflection on 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew

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Parenting as spiritual discipline

Parenting provides daily opportunities to mature as a Christian. One Saturday I made doughnuts. They were drying on the newspaper—five rows of perfectly round, crisp

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Ironies and outrages: fasting to protest budget cuts to the poor

Miscellany Taking their cue from Queen Esther, who called on the faithful to fast and pray for their Persian rulers to have a change of

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Wise men and subversive women

A reflection on Exodus 1:8-2:10 and Matthew 2:1-12 In Matthew’s Gospel, the visit of the Wise men begins like a romantic quest. Astrological speculators wonder

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May 1, 2011

A letter to my daughter

Being a Christian means something more than just a label. I took you to the petting zoo today. Like usual, you dressed yourself in your

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Honoring mother

The author’s mother let her children experience creation in all its abundance. My mother loved the earth. Nothing could please her more than to see

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