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Praying for America

May 5 is the National Day of Prayer in 2016. Therefore, I invite you to take an extra 15 or 30 minutes out of your day to

Aaron Yoder

May 5, 2016

How not to be a pacifist when facing spiritual warfare

I have a confession to make: Although I am an absolute pacifist, I have always longed to be a bit of a rebel and write

Deborah-Ruth Ferber

May 3, 2016

A good Christian

Most of us who fall into the “Christian” category of humanity walk around with at least some conception of a “good Christian” in our heads.

Ryan Dueck

May 2, 2016

Who’s got the keys?

There’s a particular mystery to this story that I never even noticed until my professor Len called my attention to it this past fall. There

Meghan Good

April 29, 2016

Not a fragile faith

In a recent Bible study, we were looking at John 20 where Jesus appeared to the disciples. Gathered behind locked doors, Jesus appeared in the

Willard Metzger

April 28, 2016

No broken people allowed

How do you handle it when a drug addict wearing a dirty t-shirt and raggedy shoes walks into your church? What’s your response when he

Asher Witmer

April 26, 2016

No statehood ambitions

Regarding “Legacy of a Mennonite State” by Ben Goossen (April 11): The headline seems inappropriate and misleading. What legacy or what Mennonite state is he

Letters

April 25, 2016

Stand with Palestinian Christians

J. Nelson Kraybill fails to mention (“Coercive economic actions are ineffective in Israel/Palestine conflict,” March 28) that the Palestinian church is advocating for BDS (boycott,

Letters

April 25, 2016

Alternative history

I was excited to read how John Sharp teaches history at Hesston College (“How I Teach History Differently,” April 11). The two books for extra

Letters

April 25, 2016

Being fully present

I ate my best apple several years ago. It was a large mottled Gala, and juice ran down my chin. It deserves the title of

Marty Troyer

April 25, 2016