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The law is not enough

One of the reasons I love comic book stories is because I often see something of our own story in them. Daredevil is a Netflix

Carmen Andres

August 3, 2015

‘MB Herald’ gets a reprieve

The shutdown of Mennonite Brethren Herald has been put on hold, but it is unclear what the future holds for the Canadian Conference of Mennonite

Mennonite World Review staff

August 3, 2015

My people

Last year I left Mennonite Church USA. I left not because of negative reasons, but rather I was called by a congregation within the Church of

Alan Stucky

August 3, 2015

Rock on, and repent

It might have been providential that U.S. Anabaptists got to host the Mennonite World Conference assembly for the first time in 38 years. While conflict

Paul Schrag

August 3, 2015

The children are watching

Young people got a chance to stand before the main microphone every day at the Mennonite World Conference assembly, and they made the most of

Tim Huber

August 3, 2015

Godlike authority

Only a person who pretends God is not the ruler over all things can claim the right to redefine marriage. It would seem as though

Letters

August 3, 2015

MWC General Council fosters interdependence

HARRISBURG, Pa. — In four days of meetings just prior to the July 21-26 Mennonite World Conference assembly, the General Council took additional steps in the journey toward interdependence in the global communion.

Ron Rempel | Mennonite World Conference

August 3, 2015

Coming to a gathering space at assembly

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Roland Yoder presided over what he called “an innocent form of community graffiti” as he watched the hub of activity around the three-dimensional sculpture of the Mennonite World Conference logo he designed for the Global Church Village.

Village visitors were invited to put their thumbprints on the wooden sculpture in the village square. By July 25, the last day of the assembly, the white spokes . . .

Connie Faber | For Meetinghouse

August 3, 2015

Women share stories of ordination and peacebuilding

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Anabaptist women discussed the dynamics of gender and theological identities in a variety of workshops at the Mennonite World Conference assembly. Marlene

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

August 1, 2015

700 teenagers add youthful vibe to assembly

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Megan Breidigan may be only 16, but she’s already figured out there’s nothing quite like a Mennonite World Conference assembly.

The Douglasville high school student said it is different from national youth conventions because of the diversity of the people you meet.

“All different cultures are coming together, and it’s really an experience that . . .

Doreen Martens | For Meetinghouse

July 31, 2015