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On the Emmaus road, Christ opens our eyes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Themes of transformation and understanding in the Luke 24 Emmaus road story were the focus of adult worship services at the Mennonite Church USA convention.

Hal Shrader, lead pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Ariz., said July 1 that the text’s post-Easter . . .

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Seminars help teens think about identity, faith, future

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Among a variety of topics covered by more than 100 youth seminars, many of the most popular ones sought to help teens

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Youth speakers share stories of pain on life’s road

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Most of the six youth worship speakers addressed the week’s theme, “On the Way,” and scripture, Luke 24, by describing pain they

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Diverse Ontario a leader in unity

The “promised lands” of Sam Steiner’s comprehensive history of Mennonites in Ontario are both geographical and spiritual destinations. Ontario was a land of opportunity for

James C. Juhnke

July 20, 2015

Servant projects help youth ‘rub shoulders with locals’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Arloa Bontrager of Goshen, Ind., has volunteered her time coordinating servant projects since the 2003 Mennonite Church USA convention in Atlanta.

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

What’s the point of the church?

At our block party this week, a new friend and I were laughing about how coming out as a Jesus follower might be one of

Rachel DeMara Sensenig

July 17, 2015

Another version of a shooting

Yesterday I woke up to the news of another shooting. According to the reporter, a deranged man had stabbed his mother and then was shot

Glenn Balzer

July 16, 2015

Confession, polity and ordination

In “Confessing Without Forcing,” Rich Preheim provides some historical background to the current situation in Mennonite Church USA. The 1995 Confession of Faith was already a

Darrin W. Snyder Belousek

July 15, 2015

Reflections on my teenage faith

“Wow! I sure was fed some crap theology when I was a teenager.” I came to this realization while going through an old chest full

Joanna Harader

July 14, 2015

America is grieving the heart of God

The tendency of wealth to entrap people in greed has been confirmed in numerous studies. Research has consistently shown that, generally speaking, the more people

Greg Boyd

July 13, 2015