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Restoring a way of life after Katrina

Grand Bayou, La. — Ruby Ancar picks up a teddy bear mailed to her by a Mennonite child a few months after Hurricane Katrina devastated her home in the southernmost region of Plaquemines Parish.

“She was only 4 years old then,” said Ancar, who lives now in a home repaired by Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers.

One of those volunteers was the girl’s father. When he returned home after . . .

Susan Kim | Mennonite Disaster Service

September 8, 2015

Avian flu a blow to Hutterites

ARLINGTON, S.D. — His eyes welling with tears, Simon Decker recalled the devastating blow inflicted nearly five months ago when avian flu wiped out 65,000 turkeys and 40,000 chickens on his eastern South Dakota operation.

“It was indescribable,” said the husky man with regal bearing. “It still brings out emotion.”

Rich Preheim | For Mennonite World Review

September 8, 2015

Presidential candidates in Iowa cite justice, freedom

Presidential candidates from both major U.S. political parties this summer heralded Iowa Mennonites they say have been victimized by unjust federal laws.

Before one of the largest Iowa crowds drawn by any candidate this year, Republican Ted Cruz featured the story of Betty Görtz-Odgaard and Richard Odgaard at an Aug. 21 rally of 2,300 Christian conservatives focused on exercising . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

September 8, 2015

Do Mennonite young people have ethics or faith?

Recently a Bible professor at one of our Mennonite colleges said to me that when her Mennonite students talk about faith, it is all about ethics.

Richard A. Kauffman

September 8, 2015

Five discoveries about Amish families, communities

As a representative of Dove’s Nest, a Mennonite-based nonprofit organization helping churches keep children and youth safe, I was invited by the New York Office

Jeanette Harder

September 7, 2015

Worth the energy

It takes a lot of energy to tend to our large church family. Mennonite World Conference met in Harrisburg, Pa., this summer. That global gathering

Willard Metzger

September 4, 2015

Cultivating hearts of worship in pursuit of racial justice

Worship changes things. It forces every spirit, opponent and plan contrary to that of God’s to bow at his feet. As we exalt God to

Ebony Adedayo

September 3, 2015

Dear church: Be a place that embraces

I entered Elizabethtown (Pa.) Mennonite Church on Aug. 27 with trepidation, unsure of how the "Listening and Vision Casting" meeting process would unfold or how comfortable

Amanda Arbour

September 2, 2015

What’s with the grapes?

I love communion. I was delighted to learn that my first pastorate was in a congregation that took communion once a month (more often than

Hillary Watson

September 1, 2015

Global MB delegates build trust, use authority

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Representatives from 21 national Mennonite Brethren conferences from around the globe met for the International Community of Mennonite Brethren annual summit July 26-29 at Messiah College.

The summit highlighted ways the 25-year-old organization has grown and is shifting beyond fellowship to providing guidance and accountability to its member conferences.

Karla Braun, Connie Faber, Mennonite Brethren Herald | Christian Leader

August 31, 2015