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Lord I want to be in that number

Doubtless you have heard the song, "When the Saints Go Marching In." We did a rousing version of it today at Mennonite World Conference assembly,

Lori Guenther Reesor

July 23, 2015

Speakers share doubts from their settings, journeys

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Three speakers — one each from Kenya, Canada and Ethiopia — shared stories of doubt in their local contexts at Mennonite World

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

July 22, 2015

Tenderly inviting all to God’s banquet

For long decades now I’ve dreamed of a setting in which we could learn how — offering each other the tenderness for which every human

Michael A. King

July 22, 2015

MWC assembly opens with call for walking together

The 16th Mennonite World Conference Assembly opened July 21 in Harrisburg, Pa., with a parade of Mennonites from across the globe, with confession of past treatment of Native Americans in Pennsylvania, with music and with calls for walking with God together.

A group of Native Americans from Pennsylvania marched in, led by a Barry Lee, drumming and singing. Jessica McPherson and Lee recounted . . .

Gordon Houser | For Meetinghouse

July 22, 2015

New policies put colleges ‘at variance’ with MC USA

Two Mennonite Church USA colleges expanded their nondiscrimination policies July 20 to include employees in same-sex marriages, putting them at variance with the denomination’s education

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Agitating and peacemaking

Activist Bree Newsome (along with doing good co-conspirator, Jimmy James Tyson) made an unannounced appearance on July 11 at the Wild Goose Festival, held annually

Benjamin L. Corey

July 20, 2015

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