August 27 2021 Issue Archives | Page 2 of 4

Online prayer gatherings span global concerns

Despite a two-day headache and recovery from a COVID-19 infection, Madhur Lakra logged on at 7:30 p.m. local time to pray.

Karla Braun | Mennonite World Conference

August 27, 2021

Why is it so hard to talk about faith?

In the conclusion to her new book, Tongue-Tied, Sara Wenger Shenk, who served nine years as president of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, sums up her

Gordon Houser | For Anabaptist World

August 26, 2021

Words without knowledge

At the end of the Book of Job, God shows up in a whirlwind and responds to Job: “Who is this who darkens my counsel

Isaac S. Villegas | For Anabaptist World

August 26, 2021

Wrong kind of love

Jesus’ command was to love everyone with divine love (agape), not homosexual love. Sex should be private. The homosexual issue split the Lutheran and Presbyterian

Anabaptist World

August 26, 2021

A force stronger than war

20 years after 9/11, an American reflects on the power of friendship

Doug Hostetter | For Anabaptist World

August 26, 2021

A Canaan or an Egypt?

Someone asked me: How do you explain intercultural work to people who see immigrants as a threat and who are afraid their jobs and resources

Hendy Matahelemual | For Anabaptist World

August 25, 2021

In church, be a good teammate

During the olympic GAMES, American gymnast Simone Biles shocked the world by withdrawing from the team and individual all-around finals. This was shocking, because Biles

Jerrell Williams | For Anabaptist World

August 25, 2021

Little steps toward peace

Thank you for “In Pennsylvania or Palestine, Peacemaking Isn’t Passive” (June 18). My wife and I are relatively new to the Mennonite experience. We are

Anabaptist World

August 25, 2021

MHF annual gathering to focus on provider resilience

Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship’s annual gathering will focus on provider resilience in a Sept. 17-19 virtual event.

Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship

August 25, 2021

To cultivate or cut down?

More than a dozen years ago we planted a tree in our front yard. A plum tree. It’s pretty. It provides shade. And it falls

Jenny Gehman | For Anabaptist World

August 24, 2021