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Sheep and goats, prayer and chains

Matthew 25 is a familiar passage to most Christians. Such familiarity can lead, I fear, to a kind of spiritual laziness. When we think a

Meghan Florian

February 2, 2015

Discussion of MSMC decision ‘complicated and difficult’

A report on various responses to a conference’s licensing decision When Mountain States Mennonite Conference (MSMC) announced the decision to license Theda Good on Dec.

Tim Nafziger

January 31, 2015

United for a safe community

FRESNO, Calif. — The Goliath they face is huge: gang violence, unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse and more. But, like David, United Faith Christian Fellowship is boldly stepping up to the challenge.

The violence hit home for the small Mennonite Brethren congregation a couple of years ago when a neighborhood house was hit by gunfire in a gang altercation. The home belonged to the parents of a young woman in the church family and shook up the congregation.

Kathy Heinrichs Wiest | For Christian Leader

January 30, 2015

New Voices: Precious or Poisonwood?

In many circles these days, mission is an unpopular subject. It evokes images of Nathan Price, the arrogant, insensitive protagonist in Barbara Kingsolver’s bestselling novel

Aaron Kauffman

January 30, 2015

MC USA: A dream for following Jesus

God calls us to follow Jesus Christ, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, to grow us communities of grace, joy and peace, so

Ervin Stutzman

January 30, 2015

Opinion: Sexualty: commitment or celibacy

"Isn’t that an oxymoron?” my son asked when I told him about my gay friend who would be joining us for dinner. I was widowed,

Rachel Nafziger Hartzler

January 30, 2015

Leadership: 5 ways to maintain the inner life in difficult times

Let your good spirit lead me on a level path.—Psalm 143:10 Maintaining the soul, spirit and inner life in difficult times is a challenge, though

Russ Eanes

January 30, 2015

Coming to church

Church is a place for the vulnerable, not just those who have it all together This is the aftermath of the disaster that spread throughout

anna

January 30, 2015

Mennonite Mecca in the rifted rock

Like the early Anabaptists, we are called to follow the rule of Paul. During a wintry trip to Switzerland, my friend Erik and I decided

anna

January 30, 2015

How I pray: A journey of faith in the absence of certainty

A bestseller in the year 2000, The Prayer of Jabez quotes 1 Chronicles 4: 10, where Jabez cries out to God, “ ‘Oh, that you

anna

January 30, 2015

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