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Book review: ‘An Increase in Time’

This is not an average congregational history. But Germantown Mennonite Church is not an average congregation. Richard Lichty, the author of An Increase in Time: Story

Daniel Hertzler

April 11, 2016

The strengths of others

On Easter Sunday, Lutherans said a prayer for unity. The liturgy offered by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America asked the God of life to

Tim Huber

April 11, 2016

Seminary debt is church’s burden

When people ask why I, a lifelong Mennonite, chose not to get my graduate degree at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, I usually offer the easy

Hillary Watson

April 11, 2016

Yelling at one who gives $100 bills

Suppose I walk up to a neighbor and give them a $100 bill. They, of course, wonder what it’s for! I just say that I

Harold N. Miller

April 8, 2016

Anabaptists and American syncretism

There is, among many Christians, a general fear of this concept of “syncretism,” and in many cases, they would be right. The adoption of pagan

Robert Martin

April 7, 2016

What about sexual violence by adolescents?

Dove’s Nest has heard from churches that are struggling with situations of abuse in which an adolescent is the offender. These situations are terribly painful

Dove's Nest

April 5, 2016

Letter to my Mennonite church

I love my Mennonite church. I love to see the old and the young worshiping together. I love the diversity and the heart of our

Anita Swartzendruber

April 4, 2016

Resurrection lite or resurrection light?

Today I am reminded of what Michelle Webster-Hein once wrote: This morning at church I plunked out the four parts of an old hymn while

Ruth Harder

March 31, 2016

Happy are those who do not sit in the seat of scoffers

Truth be told, I assiduously avoid watching or listening to the leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination. When family members turned on the TV

Sara Wenger Shenk

March 30, 2016

Hesston shooting victim recovering

Adam Miller was back at work March 10 at Excel Industries in Hesston, Kan. It was the first day the lawnmower plant was operating after four people died and more than a dozen were injured in a Feb. 25 shooting.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

March 29, 2016