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O come, o come

I don't know about you, but the sense of "waiting" this Advent season is feeling much more palpable than in past years. I have certainly

Austin Channing Brown

December 8, 2015

Ignoring our violence

Western District Conference’s passage of the Rainbow Resolution (“In Western District, Same-Sex Marriage Won’t Bring Censure,” Nov. 9) signaled a hope that we are ready to

Letters

December 7, 2015

Leading Mennonite Brethren historian dies

FRESNO, Calif. — Paul Toews, a leading Mennonite Brethren historian who taught for 44 years at Fresno Pacific University and did groundbreaking research on Mennonites in Russia, died Nov. 27. He was 75.

Tim Huber

December 7, 2015

The Bible’s final words

I have a thing about endings. For me, the last few lines of a book or TV show or movie make or break it. The

Meghan Good

December 7, 2015

Love without limit

Jesus said God is like a shepherd who leaves his flock of 99 to search for one lost sheep. The message is clear: God loves

Paul Schrag

December 7, 2015

More than our family tree

Betsy Poling didn’t grow up Mennonite. Neither did her parents or her grandparents or her great-grandparents. Of German-Irish background, Poling grew up in Lima, Ohio,

Rich Preheim

December 7, 2015

Real or not?

Last month, Mockingjay: Part 2 concluded the film version of The Hunger Games series, a dystopian story in which children are forced to fight to

Carmen Andres

December 7, 2015

Seminary’s origin

Thank you for publishing “AMBS Forerunner Began 70 Years Ago” (Nov. 23). That was a very special time, and I am grateful to Rich Preheim

Letters

December 7, 2015

Mass imprisonment defies justice

The United States incarcerates an estimated 2.4 million people, more than any other country in the world. Mass incarceration exists primarily due to harsh laws

Joshua Russell

December 7, 2015

Justice denied

When an argument relies upon fictions and fabrications — as does the opposition to BDS (boycott, divest, sanction) by Philipp Gollner, Andrew Elias Ramer and

Letters

December 7, 2015