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God’s devouring fire

Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, and a mighty tempest all around him. — Psalm 50:3 When God

Isaac S. Villegas

February 23, 2015

Church splits will never resolve the traditionalist, progressive divide

Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit . . .

Harvey Yoder

February 20, 2015

Being a Mennonite academic

It’s interesting being a Mennonite and an academic. Sometimes I find my Anabaptist-Mennonite sensibilities grating against the norms of academia: my “priesthood of all believers”

Susie Guenther Loewen

February 19, 2015

Opinion: An army of peacemakers

Why not quadruple the size of Christian Peacemaker Teams? Actually, I’d like to see CPT increase a hundredfold. And there are reasons to think the

Ronald J. Sider | For Mennonite World Review

February 16, 2015

Discrimination complaint settled

A Mennonite couple in Iowa who declined to host a gay wedding at their business have reached a settlement to dismiss discrimination litigation. To avoid

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

February 16, 2015

Locking up mothers and children

“I cannot watch the boy die,” said Hagar as she left her son, Ishmael, under a bush (Gen. 21:16). They had been exiled and were

Tammy Alexander

February 16, 2015

Issue-based discussions must start with Scripture

We are a people who believe that the Bible is the revealed Word of God. We suffer those who disagree with that premise to participate

Neal Steiner

February 16, 2015

100,000,000 books sold

Choice Books added contact information to its books, sold on small stands in stores across the country, letters began pouring in.

Simon Schrock, executive director of the largest distributor of Choice Books, located in Manassas, Va., said each letter that comes into his office is saved, and staff try to respond to all of them. There are 27 boxes full.

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

February 16, 2015

Plain poetry

Scores of Mennonite writers, poets, scholars and lovers of literature will gather at Fresno (Calif.) Pacific University in March for the seventh “Mennonite/s Writing Conference.”

John D. Roth

February 16, 2015

Renewal from within

I am disappointed to hear of groups leaving Mennonite Church USA. Every individual, congregation, conference, denomination and renewal group falls short in some way. If

Rachel Stella

February 16, 2015