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Neighbors level home tied to abducted Amish girls

Neighbors have bought, burned and buried the house of a couple facing federal charges after kidnapping a pair of New York Amish girls. The (Syracuse)

Mennonite World Review staff

February 2, 2015

United for a safe community

FRESNO, Calif. — The Goliath they face is huge: gang violence, unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse and more. But, like David, United Faith Christian Fellowship is boldly stepping up to the challenge.

The violence hit home for the small Mennonite Brethren congregation a couple of years ago when a neighborhood house was hit by gunfire in a gang altercation. The home belonged to the parents of a young woman in the church family and shook up the congregation.

Kathy Heinrichs Wiest | For Christian Leader

January 30, 2015

The biggest obstacle to spiritual formation

I've spoken at a quite a few churches over the last few years and have had even more conversations with ministers and pastors at churches.

Richard Beck

January 29, 2015

Blessed are those who mourn

My friend Tim asked me to speak at his church about mourning, and how it can be a pathway to God. It got me thinking

Rachel DeMara Sensenig

January 28, 2015

How does race work?

Chances are you aren’t blatantly racist. I wouldn’t give much of my time if you tried to convince me I was. But does race still

Marty Troyer

January 27, 2015

A deadly sin Mennonites seldom talk about

It may be true that the body is only a temporary thing, but that’s no excuse for stuffing your body with food, or indulging it

Harvey Yoder

January 26, 2015

Listening for the God that doesn’t meet expectations

This is an excerpt of the sermon Harader preached on 1 Samuel 3 on Jan. 18. Read the sermon in its entirety here. The very first sentence

Joanna Harader

January 23, 2015

Kids in worship: The other problem

“[My daughter] doesn’t sit still and read a book. She is tired, squirmy, talks loudly, wanders. . . . I once took [her] out the service to

Corey Fields

January 22, 2015

I don’t have a hammer, but I have a Mennonite hymnal

This is the text of a speech made by Bobby Switzer at the Laurelville Worship and Song Leaders’ Retreat held Jan. 10. If I had a

Bobby Switzer

January 20, 2015

AMBS students join Fort Benning SOA witness

ELKHART, Ind. — For the students who traveled from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary to Fort Benning, Ga., in November, the experience of witnessing for peace and justice raised questions while it inspired and challenged them.

Taylor Dwyer-Zeman, Katerina Friesen and Sandra Stevens participated in the Nov. 21-22 march on the Stewart Detention . . .

Mary E. Klassen | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

January 19, 2015