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A farmer’s hands

There is nothing so beautiful than seeing the fruits of the land, planted by farmer’s hands which will soon make it to our table. The

Natalia Vaca, Christian Peacemaker Teams

September 16, 2015

Interpret with me

On the night before Kansas City 2015, which ran June 30-July 5, I ran into Nick Miller, an old acquaintance of mine. He had grown

Joel Miller

September 16, 2015

Ministry born out of Katrina

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Thi Nguyen was attending a Vietnamese Mennonite church in Philadelphia when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. He wanted to help and was invited to travel to Bayou La Batre as a service worker for the Mennonite Central Committee.

Over the two years he served with MCC, he was a translator and an adviser for many Vietnamese people.

“I got attached to this place,” he said.

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September 14, 2015

With grants, MCC assists displaced in Iraq, Syria

It’s been a year since Qasim left his home in Sinjar, Iraq. He was fleeing an advance by the Islamic State — the same advance that left tens of thousands of other Yazidis stranded in the mountains, trapped between hunger and dehydration and the threat of mass violence.

Qasim and his parents and three brothers, along with their wives and children, were able to get away from Sinjar, to a . . .

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September 14, 2015
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