April 2026 Issue Archives | Page 2 of 4

Lillian Eleanora Elias

Lillian Eleanora Elias, 84, died of leukemia on Jan. 18, 2026, at Community Hospital North in Indianapolis. She was born Aug. 20, 1941, in Drake,

Anabaptist World

The idea of triune God

While I agree with Jim Brenneman’s criticism of Nicaea (“Back to the Future: Mennonites in 2525,” January), I also think John Rempel (Letters, March) makes

Anabaptist World

April 1, 2026

Grace better than guilt

In Lisa Schirch’s “Repair and Renewal” (February), debt repayment is called out as the basis for action. While repaying debts for damages is essential to

Anabaptist World

April 1, 2026

Patricia Ann Santiago

Patricia Ann Santiago, 94, died Jan. 18, 2026, in Lancaster, Pa. She was born Aug. 24, 1931, in Elida, Ohio, to Timothy H. Brenneman and

Anabaptist World

Human cost of aid cuts

In response to “Am I Wrong About Trump?” (Letters, January), which speculated that most USAID money is wasted: The Center for Global Development and the

Anabaptist World

April 1, 2026

We need immigrants

In reply to “Is This Really What Jesus Taught?” (March) on the immorality of the actions of ICE and Homeland Security: I could not have

Anabaptist World

April 1, 2026

Mercy for immigrants

How do we, as followers of Jesus, show mercy toward our immigrant neighbors? First, justice demands that a number of people here illegally be sent

Anabaptist World

April 1, 2026

Documentary retells drug-running story many would rather forget

“The shocking rise of a Mennonite clan who turned faith, family and farming roots into one of North America’s most elusive drug networks.”

John Longhurst | For Anabaptist World

April 1, 2026

Idols destroyed, White and Black

SKOT WELCH’S timely book, Mending Sunday, addresses divisions in the church and calls for transformation. His advice: Pick up “the ministry of the Christocentric ethnoconscious

Gordon Houser | For Anabaptist World

March 31, 2026

The world is volatile, uncertain, complex. Who’s in charge here?

I stood frozen in place. A moment before, I had been delivering a lecture to a classroom filled with students. Now, one of those students

Melanie A. Howard | For Anabaptist World

March 31, 2026