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Prayer by prayer, pastor walks across Ohio for Lent

Pastor Chet Miller-Eshleman has a bad back and bum knees from a scooter cycle accident. But that is not keeping him from walking 300 miles

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

March 30, 2015

Whose lifestyle?

Mike Combs rightly denounces the term “homosexual lifestyle” (Letters, March 16). I don’t know what writers mean when they use that term, but I am

Rachel Stella

March 30, 2015

What about war?

The article on Choice Books (“100,000,000 Books,” Feb. 16) notes that Choice Books displays are in the Pentagon shopping area and in Army & Air

Rachel Stella

March 30, 2015

Jesus didn’t just look human

When I taught Bible at Messiah College, I often had students from fundamentalist churches. They certainly knew their fundamentals, one of which was “Jesus is

Reta Halteman Finger

March 30, 2015

Secrecy enabled sin

Few things cause as much damage and pain in the church as secrecy. Hiding information spawns suspicion, distortion and lies. Secrecy fosters an imbalance of

Rich Preheim

March 30, 2015

Learning to leave well

We need to find a new way to talk about the congregations that are leaving Mennonite Church USA: They’re not leaving us; we’re getting divorced.

Hillary Watson

March 27, 2015

Giving up my need to be right

Lent is a time to let go of things that hold us back, a time to return to God with our whole heart. As we

Ron Zook

March 26, 2015

United by love, not doctrine

A couple of days ago, with the help of some friends, I planted the early vegetable garden with cauliflowers, cabbages, broccoli, lettuce, Chinese greens and carrots.

Christine Sine

March 25, 2015

The small politics of the church

If you read a lot of Anabaptist theology you know that a key insight regarding the social and political witness of church is this: The social

Richard Beck

March 24, 2015

Conservative Anabaptists reject fundamentalism

Fundamentalism, however, is another matter — and one at odds with Anabaptism, according to him.“

Fundamentalism has taught conservative Mennonites to be spiritual abusers and to feel good about it,” Weaver, a Beachy Amish minister, told an assembly of theologically and culturally conservative Amish, Mennonites and Hutterites meeting near Nappanee March 12-14.

Rich Preheim | For Mennonite World Review

March 23, 2015