North America Archives | Page 292 of 332

New York churches assist new immigrants

NEW YORK — Mennonite Garifuna churches of New York City have been assisting numerous Garifuna immigrants who have arrived since June.

To date, they have assisted about 140 families, helping them with food, clothing, legal assistance and travel fare to legal and medical appointments.

Omar Guzman, pastor of the Mennonite . . .

Chris Fretz | Eastern Mennonite Missions

March 16, 2015

When culture is right

Letters to MWR have suggested that some Mennonites are changing our views on homosexuality and accepting gay and lesbian people because we are being influenced by

Rachel Stella

March 16, 2015

Nigerians’ suffering

In Middle Eastern churches and the Christian communities of northern Nigeria, our brothers and sisters are suffering. To most of us in other parts of

R. Showalter

March 16, 2015

‘I just don’t have the time’

If one more person tells me how “crazy busy” they are and then proceeds to summarize, in detail, the entire season of a TV show

Sarah Kehrberg

March 16, 2015

Marriage put chaotic life in Old Order

It is rare to get an insider’s view of Amish life. It is rarer to get that view from an “English” person who joined the

Katie Funk Wiebe

March 16, 2015

Network spreads ‘healthy infection’ in Venezuela

An ecumenical group of church leaders in Venezuela — led by a Mennonite, Erwin Mirabal — describes its educational mission with a metaphor of the gospel of Jesus as a healthy infection.

They say they are “infecting the churches of Venezuela with a sana doctrina (healthy doctrine).”

Holly Blosser Yoder, Central Plains Mennonite Conference | Mennonite Mission Network

March 16, 2015

Lifestyle or life?

When the word “lifestyle” is applied to LGBTQ people, it can be misleading and harmful. Today, most of those who have tried to help change

Rachel Stella

March 16, 2015

Pain management

Two recent conversations about pain . . . My daughter has lately been coming to terms with the horrors of World War II. They’ve been

Ryan Dueck

March 16, 2015

Street theater, physical resurrection

When we watch a play, we focus only on the stage. We do not think of the weeks of planning or the jumble of costumes

Reta Halteman Finger

March 16, 2015

Opinion: Our real ‘sin problem’

When people in the church talk about sin, they often add a highly theological meaning: Our sins are an offense that separates us from God.

John K. Stoner, Berry Friesen | For Mennonite World Review

March 16, 2015