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The traveler

I saw him the moment I stepped outside my office, visible through the glass front doors — the man sitting beneath the church carport. He

Meghan Good

April 20, 2015

Knowing my identity for the sake of my kids

I have middle school-aged children now. My daughter has just finished her first year and my son will start in the fall. This baffles me,

Dena Douglas Hobbs

April 17, 2015

The test question for your church

We tend to measure the “success” of a church by numbers. I propose in A Fellowship of Differents another way of measuring whether or not

Scot McKnight

April 16, 2015

Contact without fellowship in an Internet age

Jesus told his disciples “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them

Josina Guess

April 14, 2015

As our economy recovers, should we celebrate?

There are promising signs of economic recovery everywhere, we're told. Stock market numbers are three times higher than during the recent depression. Employment numbers are

Harvey Yoder

April 13, 2015

MC USA board sends ‘forbearance’ resolution to delegates

“Forbearance” is the key word of a resolution the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board will send to convention delegates in July.

Meeting April 6-8 in Kansas City, Mo., the board approved the resolution — along with three others and one that’s still being worked on — for delegates’ consideration.

“We think it has the potential to help us live together with our disagreements,” said Ervin Stutzman, MC USA executive director, in a telephone interview after the meeting.

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

April 13, 2015

3,400 register for MWC so far

By mid-March, Mennonite World Conference assembly registrants totaled about 3,400 people from 66 countries. Registrants for the event July 21-26 in Harrisburg, Pa., represent 18

Mennonite World Conference

April 13, 2015

Writing conference goes west for a changed landscape

FRESNO, Calif. — A major aspect of the latest Mennonite/s Writing conference, which took place March 12-15 on the campus of Fresno Pacific University, was

Melanie Zuercher

April 13, 2015

A moment of truth

In 1985, black South African theologians released the Kairos Document, a condemnation of Christian support for apartheid policies. In December 2009, Palestinian Christian leaders issued

Andre Gingerich Stoner | Mennonite World Review

April 13, 2015

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