December 2025 Issue Archives | Anabaptist World

Quest fulfilled

I loved to collect nativity sets. Now I joyfully give them away.

Shirley Yoder Brubaker

December 9, 2025

Our last Christmas with Grandma

Faith’s rhythms and rituals nurture our souls, even in the hardest of times

Sherah-Leigh Gerber

December 5, 2025

Research uncovers forgotten stories of African women prophets, healers

African Mennonite women have been leaders of renewal and revival. They have been prophets and healers. They have witnessed miracles and cast out demons.

Lynda Hollinger-Janzen | Mennonite Mission Network

December 3, 2025

The child wins!

Obedience of the weak thwarts the scheme of the powerful

Dorothy Jean Weaver

December 2, 2025

Giving thanks when the news is heavy

You might get this issue either before or during Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States. While you’ll find articles about things to be thankful for

Danielle Klotz

December 1, 2025

Aid gives refugees hope

Thank you for sharing a story that brings hope to people who sometimes feel forgotten (“Malawi Just One of the Destinations Reached by Meat-Canning Efforts,”

Anabaptist World

November 28, 2025

Subversive joy

Advent’s prophetic heart is not escape from the world’s pain but engagement with it.

Nate Showalter

November 28, 2025

Rejoice in sounds of Advent

In my early 30s, I learned that a nearby Mennonite church was looking for a choir director. I applied and was accepted — and discovered

Anabaptist World

November 27, 2025

Part of the created order

Brent A. Koehn (Letters, October) asserts that affirming lesbian/gay sexuality “has a problem . . . because the created order is set up to make

Anabaptist World

November 27, 2025

MC USA appoints staff in education, marketing, archives

Mennonite Church USA has appointed new staff relating to education, marketing and the archives.

Mennonite Church USA

November 27, 2025