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Thank you, Obama, for denouncing Christian violence

It seems some conservative Christians are up in arms because of something President Obama said at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5. After condemning ISIS

Greg Boyd

February 10, 2015

Across 90 years, a call for unity

BLUFFTON, Ohio — A plea from C. Henry Smith to the Mennonite church 90 years ago remains relevant today, according to the author of a forthcoming book about the Mennonite historian.

After World War I, Smith modeled the role of Mennonite public intellectual, delivering a consistent message of peacemaking both to Mennonite and other audiences, Perry Bush said Feb. 3 in Bluffton University’s annual C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture.

Scott Borgelt | Bluffton University

February 9, 2015

What are Anabaptists becoming?

ELKHART, Ind. — Pastors Week participants at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary pondered metaphors of rhizomes, a flame, a midwife and mestizos as they heard challenges to trust God more fully and to share authority more widely.

The biblical text from 1 Cor. 3:11 . . .

Mary E. Klassen | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

February 9, 2015

10 ways to be a better peacemaker online

Lately I’ve been lamenting at what a toxic place the Internet can be. But instead of lament, I would like to contribute something more helpful

Benjamin L. Corey

February 6, 2015

The Lord will raise a prophet

I spent a few days this week away from my home in Durham, N.C., in another southern town, visiting with young people who’ve relocated to under-resourced

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

February 5, 2015

Committee: No structural solution to MC USA tensions

The idea that major structural change might help Mennonite Church USA resolve its conflicts has been tested and dropped.

Instead, delegates at this summer’s convention will turn their attention to polity, or church governance, as they deal with issues of sexuality and authority.

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

February 4, 2015

Giving up hell for a year

Hell is real, in some form or another. War tears families apart. Disease kills parents and leaves behind orphans. Famine neglects to feed the most

Kurt Willems

February 3, 2015

Conrad Grebel president promotes the three ‘Cs’

BLUFFTON, Ohio — The three Rs have been viewed as foundations of education since the days of the one-room schoolhouse. But the president of Canada’s

Bluffton University

February 2, 2015

EMU students enlist Nobel laureate in fight against Ebola

HARRISONBURG, Va. — After spending the summer thousands of miles from her native Liberia and watching nervously as Ebola swept through her country, sophomore Winifred

Lauren Jefferson | Eastern Mennonite University

February 2, 2015

Foundation’s record year benefits MB church

HILLSBORO, Kan. — MB Foundation earnings set records in 2014, so the U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches’ financial agency is sharing an unprecedented amount with

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

February 2, 2015