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All lives (don’t) matter

Some political slogans have a long shelf life, but some sink from their own dead weight. There is probably nothing more obvious from the headlines

Morf Morford

September 25, 2015

Defining the other and the Syrian refugee crisis

Early in the Syrian refugee crisis, I was asked by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada to be part of a delegation meeting with Chris Alexander,

Willard Metzger

September 24, 2015

Of whiskey priests and ragamuffins

It was author Graham Green who popularized the idea of the whiskey priest, a flawed member of the clergy who, despite failings, still manages to

John Longhurst

September 23, 2015

EMU, Goshen leave Christian college association

Two Mennonite colleges have withdrawn from a Christian college association to avoid causing division over their openness to hiring married gay and lesbian faculty.

The presidents of Goshen (Ind.) College and . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

September 21, 2015

Opening a window of hope amid Syrian war

Roseangela Jarjour talks daily with pastors in Syria working for peace and providing a reason for Syrians who stay to hope, even as they hear bombs drop around them.

“The priority is really to bring peace into our country, so we keep our people in our country,” Jarjour said during a Mennonite Central Committee video press conference Sept. 17.

She is a Syrian who works for an MCC . . .

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

September 21, 2015

No peace apart from justice

Today is the International Day of Peace. Yesterday was recognized in many faith communities as Peace Sunday, and I had the privilege of delivering the sermon

Amanda Arbour

September 21, 2015

Are Quakers allowed to speak in tongues?

The first time I heard someone speak in tongues was at the World Gathering of Young Friends, an international Quaker gathering held in 2005, in

Micah Bales

September 17, 2015

Myron Augsburger and the Mennonite History of the CCCU

This is the last of a two-part blog series on the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities as they decide on a course of action after two Mennonite colleges

Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas

September 16, 2015

Mennonites, evangelicals and the sexuality debate in Christian higher education

This is the first of a two-part blog series on the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities as they decide on a course of action after two Mennonite

Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas

September 15, 2015

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Thi Nguyen was attending a Vietnamese Mennonite church in Philadelphia when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. He wanted to help and was invited to travel to Bayou La Batre as a service worker for the Mennonite Central Committee.

Over the two years he served with MCC, he was a translator and an adviser for many Vietnamese people.

“I got attached to this place,” he said.

Susan Kim | Mennonite Disaster Service

September 14, 2015