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Project 606: Team assembles to replace 1992 hymnal by 2020

HARRISONBURG, Va. — “Project 606,” MennoMedia’s song collection project for the next hymnal serving Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada, is beginning this year. MennoMedia began accepting applications for committee and staff positions Jan. 1.

MennoMedia

January 4, 2016

Israel’s occupation

I read “Injustice in Israel” (Dec. 21) sensing that the writers are soft-pedaling Israel’s occupation, suppression and abuse of the Palestinians. Many years ago 300

Letters

January 4, 2016

Opinion: 5 ways to fix Mennonite Church USA in 2016

Here are five new year’s resolutions that are critically necessary to reverse the decline of Mennonite Church USA.

Aaron Yoder

January 4, 2016

Keep eyes on Jesus

I wish wonderful blessings on Franconia Mennonite Conference in their “strong desire to focus on mission and fulfilling the Great Commission” and in emphasizing that

Letters

January 4, 2016

Why splits happen

To your Dec. 21 editorial, “Old Way Still Applies,” I would add that the unnamed elephant in the room in the behavior of Lancaster Mennonite

Letters

January 4, 2016

In the Dirk Willems story, who represents Christ?

In my office I have an Anabaptist icon. In some ways, it’s a piece of artwork that shouldn’t exist. Anabaptists and iconography have not traditionally

Alan Stucky

January 4, 2016

Cruel words as agents of change

Those were your words. You know not, you can scarcely conceive, how they have tortured me. — Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth, Pride and Prejudice I find

Sarah Kehrberg

January 4, 2016

Invest in peacemakers

Two recent MWR opinion pieces on the Israel-Palestine conflict show the need to focus on where we agree. The first (“Resolution on Mideast Harms Efforts

Rachel Stella

January 4, 2016

Whose lives matter?

An expert in political science asks Jesus about his support for Samaritan Lives Matter. Apparently, Jesus had told a story with a Samaritan hero and

Jane Yoder-Short

January 4, 2016

Year of opportunity

A friend told me about an incident he experienced just before Christmas. He was awakened one morning at 3:30 a.m. in a cold sweat from

John Powell

January 4, 2016