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Syrian refugees depend on MCC food

With the war in Syria entering its sixth year, it’s easy to get lost in the facts and figures: As many as 470,000 dead; 4.6 million refugees who have fled the country; 6.6 million displaced within it; 13.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

John Longhurst | For Mennonite World Review

June 6, 2016

Coming to terms with millstones

I read the 150-page report from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office about the abuse cases of the Altoona-Johnstown (Pa.) Catholic Diocese in the midst of

Stephen Kriss

June 6, 2016

A fool’s errand

It is ironic that in response to a Catholic statement renouncing the “just war” ethic, a Mennonite editorial declares its benefits (“Can War Be Just?,”

Letters

June 6, 2016

Pastor’s resignation

I am deeply grieved that the leaders of Virginia Mennonite Conference and the Executive Board of Mennonite Church USA have rejected the gifts and ministry

Letters

June 6, 2016

Real spiritual powers

I affirm David D. Flowers’ “Scattered Souls” (May 9). In our Western worldview and culture, we seldom hear someone openly refer to the devil, demonic forces

Letters

June 6, 2016

Yearning for God

If asked, “Are you pious?,” most Christians wouldn’t claim to be. Reverence is a virtue, but piety suggests excessive religiosity. The pious, we think, are

Paul Schrag

June 6, 2016

In Iraq’s war zone, aid workers trust God

From her home in Franklin County, Pa., 18-year-old Rosa prepared last month to depart for the city of Sinjar in northern Iraq and remain there indefinitely.

Rachel Stella | Mennonite World Review

June 6, 2016

Book review: ‘The Patient Ferment of the Early Church’

Alan Kreider, emeritus professor of church history and mission at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, has capped his career with a masterwork on the rise of

James C. Juhnke

June 6, 2016

Generosity’s benefits

Once in a while, when I can’t sleep at night, I channel surf. Occasionally, I find a channel with a preacher promising that if I

JB Miller

June 6, 2016

We live in an age of martyrdom

Thousands of Christians have been slaughtered by Boko Haram in Nigeria in recent years, and most of the Western church barely seems to notice. Lord,

J. Nelson Kraybill

June 6, 2016

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