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Forgiveness for the third and fourth generations

A few years ago I learned that a Native American coffee shop was opening near my church. A native business other than a casino got

Philip E. Friesen

March 29, 2018

Be careful what you ask for

I was at a lunch recently where Matt. 20:20-28 was read devotionally before the meal. It’s the passage where the mother of James and John seeks

Ryan Dueck

March 27, 2018

Book review: ‘Shalom Sistas’

Those who have mucked out a house after a flood know how painstaking and messy the process becomes. Worse yet is when the disaster drives

Laurie Oswald Robinson

March 26, 2018

Bible: Breakfast with the risen Christ

I wish our Uniform Texts had started with Luke 23:55. In both the Greek New Testament and the NRSV, Luke 24:1 begins with “But .

Reta Halteman Finger

March 26, 2018

Andres: Plug into the real world

I’m looking forward to Steven Spielberg’s latest film, Ready Player One — especially after reading the novel, which centers on a high school boy who

Carmen Andres

March 26, 2018

Where is Trump’s trust?

Attempting to comfort survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school massacre and families of the victims, President Trump quoted 2 Kings 20:5: “I have heard your

Letters

March 26, 2018

History: How confirmation came to be

Martin Bucer has been called “the father of Protestant confirmation.” That makes the early Anabaptists, particularly Pilgram Marpeck, grandparents of the now-common rite. Bucer was

Rich Preheim

March 26, 2018

Plain Anabaptist conference seeks common ground

MOUNT HOPE, Ohio — A sobering commitment to nonresistance in wartime was the theme given the most attention at the 13th Anabaptist Identity Conference.

Rachel Stella | Mennonite World Review

March 26, 2018

He goes lower still

God is immense. He spread the universe with one wave of his hand; billions of galaxies spanning light years, completely unseen and unreachable by man.

Samantha Trenkamp

March 26, 2018

Watson: Who is ‘entitled’?

It has become politically trendy to separate the deserving poor from the supposedly undeserving. This is evident in calls for work requirements for Medicare; in

Hillary Watson

March 26, 2018