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Virginia man charged with sex crimes on Haiti mission

A Virginia Mennonite man has been arrested and charged with molesting nearly two dozen males under the age of 18 while he worked in missions in Haiti.

Mennonite World Review staff

December 18, 2017

Book review: ‘The Internationalists’

Mennonite peace activists in the 1930s were a small part of an international peace movement to promote the Kellogg-Briand treaty. That treaty, passed in 1928,

James C. Juhnke

December 18, 2017

Bible: Body of Christ, bodies of women

“You’re either with our bodies or against our bodies,” Amber Tamblyn wrote recently in The New York Times, responding to the flood of revelations of

Meghan Florian

December 18, 2017

Yoder-Short: A world of competing saviors

The committee deliberated whether the donated yard sign would be posted. There was disagreement. In the end, it was decided that the sign sounded too

Jane Yoder-Short

December 18, 2017

‘Idolatrous’ views?

Sara Wenger Shenk (“Where Does AMBS Stand?,” Blog, Dec. 4) makes it clear she is progressive and considers anyone outside that purview to be idolatrous.

Letters

December 18, 2017

Kehrberg: Seeking comfort and joy

During Advent, churches wait for Jesus’ birth while discussing concepts like comfort and hope, waiting and watching, peace and joy. Spiritually, I get it. But

Sarah Kehrberg

December 18, 2017

Powell: Welcome the unwanted

Can we really celebrate the birth of Christ? We are worn down by the horrors that have held us captive. Mass executions by gun violence,

John Powell

December 18, 2017

Showalter: Searching for identity

The global rise of nationalism, often in the form of populism, is astonishing in its variety and extent. There seems scarcely a nation unaffected. Perhaps

Richard Showalter

December 18, 2017

Year of the tribe

Among the trends of 2017, tribalism stands out. All around us, people define themselves by separating one group from another. Republican or Democrat, black or

Paul Schrag

December 18, 2017

Mennonite or follower of Christ?

If the early Anabaptists were alive today, I am quite certain the Mennonite church would run them out of their congregations. I realize that’s a

Asher Witmer

December 18, 2017