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Honest imperfection

Rumor has it the church is a place for people who’ve got their act together. People who will tell you how well everything is going.

Paul Schrag

June 8, 2015

Sleeping on a bed of ivory

Economic inequality has grown in the United States since the 1970s. It will be an issue in the next political cycle. How shall we deal

John M. Miller

June 8, 2015

MB baseball teams reach World Series

Both U.S. Mennonite Brethren colleges’ baseball teams reached their respective World Series this season. Fresno (Calif.) Pacific University won its second consecutive National Christian College

Mennonite World Review staff

June 8, 2015

No corner on peace

I used to think Mennonites and a few other Western historic peace churches such as Brethren and Friends had a corner on peace. Other Christians

R. Showalter

June 8, 2015

Canadian MBs mourn Bethany College’s closing

HEPBURN, Sask. — Bethany College’s 88th graduation April 26 was bittersweet with remembrance of the school’s impact on Mennonite Brethren young people. The college’s board

Karla Braun | Mennonite Brethren Herald

June 8, 2015

Complementary and submissive?

Male headship and female submission — not topics I’d suggest for your next social event. They were easier to understand in an earlier time when

Sarah Kehrberg

June 8, 2015

Bethel’s 2015 issue of ‘Mennonite Life’ available now

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Two major sections of articles in the annual issue of Mennonite Life, now live, deal with the life and legacy of

Bethel College

June 8, 2015

Tomato theology

Over the last few weeks I have planted 30 tomato plants in the garden — another important rite of spring, and an increasingly important part of

Christine Sine

June 4, 2015

The prayer of faith shall save the one who is sick

James 5:14-15 has always been a difficult text for me: James 5:14-15a NIV Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the

Richard Beck

June 3, 2015

Reconciliation soup

I never knew you could make chicken noodle soup from scratch. Like sliced bread and chewy chocolate cookies, I thought there were secrets to making

Osheta Moore

June 2, 2015