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Yoder-Short: Choosing our rituals

Football player Colin Kaepernick, with a cross decorating his arm and Bible verses tattooed on his chest, started a conversation by refusing to stand for

Jane Yoder-Short

October 24, 2016

Powell: What kind of savior?

In a past column I asked, “Are you looking for Jesus?” I wrote that some people are looking for Jesus to provide material possessions. Their

John Powell

October 24, 2016

Lesser evil?

In this unprecedented election year, sometimes people say they are voting for the lesser of two evils. I don’t think that’s quite accurate. I came

Letters

October 24, 2016

Bible: Holy city: heaven on earth

Revelation 21 begin with the promise of newness: “a new heaven and a new earth,” according to John, who delivers these visions to us. The

Meghan Florian

October 24, 2016

CMU’s experiment

A grand experiment took place in 2000. Schools from the Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite Church Canada denominations merged, creating Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Man.

Tim Huber

October 24, 2016

Kehrberg: Just save yourself?

Selfish people always think their own discomfort of more importance than anything else in the world. — George Eliot, Middlemarch I once read an article in

Sarah Kehrberg

October 24, 2016

Rape culture exposed

What good could come from a sexual predator running for president of the United States? Just this: Donald Trump’s obscene bragging about sexually assaulting women

Paul Schrag

October 24, 2016

What Christians can learn from Standing Rock

If the Old Testament prophet Isaiah lived in northern New Mexico in 1970 when the indigenous people of Taos Pueblo succeeded in their 60-year struggle

Todd Wynward

October 20, 2016

After first ‘peer review,’ Mennonite Church USA leaders question its value

HESSTON, Kan. — The licensing of an Ohio pastor who is gay has gone through Mennonite Church USA’s first “peer review.”

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

October 19, 2016

What you might not know about Menno Simons

I recently finished reading The Complete Writings of Menno Simons and thought it might be interesting to list some of the ways Menno Simons might

Matt Landis

October 19, 2016