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No more silence

My daughter is a social justice advocate in her city. We recently had a conversation about the realities of living as a person of color.

John Powell

August 1, 2016

Who can end life?

Canadian Mennonites are getting a chance to dust off their conscientious objection after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2015 that Parliament must enact

Tim Huber

August 1, 2016

First for divestment

The resolution on Israel-Palestine that Mennonite Church Canada delegates passed July 9 stands in sharp contrast to Mennonite Church USA’s failure to approve a similar

Paul Schrag

August 1, 2016

Full-time out-of-date?

Christians in North America used to speak frequently and with great respect about those who “went into full-time service.” Evangelists gave public invitations calling for

Richard Showalter

August 1, 2016

Heavenly tablecloths with fresh ideas

Peter is hungry and goes to pray. A vision of unclean food, arranged on a heavenly tablecloth, appears. He is invited to eat. Peter, the

Jane Yoder-Short

August 1, 2016

Political ads introduce Trump to the Amish

A political action committee seeking to mobilize the Amish to vote for Donald Trump is running ads in two newspapers that reach Amish communities. Amish PAC ads have appeared in The Budget and Holmes County Hub Shopper, both based in Ohio. The ad starts with the basics: “Did you know the 2016 presidential election will be on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016? The Republican nominee for president is businessman Donald Trump.”

Mennonite World Review staff

July 25, 2016

The heart of integrity

John Maxwell is famous for his saying, “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” It’s the belief that however leadership goes, so goes the followers, the

Justin Hiebert

July 22, 2016

Christian identity

Identity enters us from a variety of angles: for some it is some kind of inner self, for others it is one’s vocational passion, for

Scot McKnight

July 21, 2016

Under the sky

I spent 13 or so hours this past week driving under the summer prairie sky. Saskatoon was the location of our Mennonite national church’s biennial gathering,

Ryan Dueck

July 20, 2016