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Nationalism, civil religion and greed-based economics

Among the ways the last book of our Bible is truly revelatory is in its portrayal of violence and harm as perpetrated by evil systems

Harvey Yoder

March 30, 2017

No more palms, please

Most Christians never question where the palms on Palm Sunday come from. It never occurred to me, until my first year pastoring, that someone had

Hillary Watson

March 29, 2017

Kennel-Shank: Staying awake in Gethsemane

The cemeteries where members of my extended families are buried are truly places of repose, surrounded by the fertile fields of Lancaster County, Pa. When

Celeste Kennel-Shank

March 27, 2017

Plain groups: work-family bond resists worldly ways

HURRICANE MILLS, Tenn. — Today’s North American economy presents daunting challenges for building the ideal faith community, according to David Martin of Cheyenne, Wyo.

Rachel Stella | Mennonite World Review

March 27, 2017

Kriss: Pastoring in polarities

Many who preach regularly are finding it a tough navigation in the pulpit in the United States. Our highly politicized environment means it’s difficult to

Stephen Kriss

March 27, 2017

Christ-centered values

I agree with letter writers published in the March 13 MWR who were concerned about reading the Bible in our quest for ethical and moral

Letters

March 27, 2017

Kraybill: Where truth confronted power

Today multiple versions of “truth” compete for attention in politics and media. We ask the same question Pontius Pilate famously put to Jesus: What is

J. Nelson Kraybill

March 27, 2017

Warring impulses

War in an age of terrorism reveals the limited effectiveness of armed force. Yet the belief that higher military spending buys more national security remains

Paul Schrag

March 27, 2017

Dream for the church

I have a dream of seeing the church embodying the love of Christ in all its relationships, being hospitable, compassionate and having friendships with all,

Letters

March 27, 2017

Our wilderness path

The story of Jesus’ 40-day trial in the wilderness is so familiar to us that we can easily read through the account: “He ate nothing

Rachel Stella

March 27, 2017