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Labor, love connect faith communities

The power of Hurricane Katrina to ravage Gladier Dalton’s New Orleans church in 2005 was no match for the power of hammers and friendship to restore new hope.

In 2014, College Mennonite Church in Goshen, Ind., spearheaded the rebuild of Dalton’s house, which now also . . .

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

April 13, 2015

Refusing to fight the culture war

The Mennonite Church USA credentialed leaders survey has opened a conversation that research coordinator Conrad Kanagy says highlights a growing divide. Kanagy sees homosexuality as

Stephen Kriss

April 13, 2015

Hesston expands nursing program to bachelor’s degree

HESSTON, Kan. — Hesston College received approval from the Kansas State Board of Nursing March 25 to launch a bachelor of science in nursing program starting with the 2015-16 year.

The introduction of the program to the existing associate degree program will make Hesston the only college or university in Kansas where students may choose to pursue either an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in nursing.

“The expansion of degree options in this program is a natural growth opportunity,” said vice president of academics Brent Yoder.

Rachel McMaster | Hesston College

April 13, 2015

Testimony: Sunday school shines

MennoMedia’s new Shine Sunday school curriculum for children is praiseworthy: easy to plan, easy to teach and committed to deep and simple truths that stick

Esther Kratzer Koontz

April 13, 2015

Simple is peaceful

When would it be right for an enemy nation to murder your family? If never, how can it be right for the U.S. to murder

Rachel Stella

April 13, 2015

Canadian MB response to same-sex wedding: it wasn’t us

Canadian Mennonite Brethren leaders needed to clear up confusion about whether their denomination was involved in a same-sex wedding. Responding to numerous inquiries, the leaders,

Mennonite World Review staff

April 13, 2015

A funny thing happened on the way to the thrift store

Not really. Nothing all that funny actually happens on the way to the thrift store. Sometimes something mildly amusing might happen and then the little

Sherri Klassen

April 10, 2015

When Christians love their religion more than their God

Instead of promoting Christ, Christians often promote . . . their theology their culture their values their creeds their traditions their spiritual practices their specific type

Stephen Mattson

April 9, 2015

Martyrdom and trampling on Christ

In 2012, I reached a landmark moment in my journey into the Mennonite world, the event that marks one’s transition from being a Christian who dabbles

Timothy Colegrove

April 7, 2015

Rare Russian Mennonite photos to see new life

A collection of photos depicting Mennonite life in Southern Russia (present-day Ukraine) at the turn of the 20th century — a pinnacle quickly wiped out by the Bolshevik Revolution — should find its way back to the printed page early next year.

John Rempel of Toronto and Lauren Friesen of Chicago are working to produce a reprint of Forever Summer, Forever Sunday, featuring 93 photographs by Rempel’s grandfather, Peter Gerhard Rempel.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

April 6, 2015