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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

Scripture warns us

According to Webster’s dictionary, the word “gay” has been in use since about the 14th century and in a good way, but as used for

Rachel Stella

February 16, 2015

Faith and straight lines

When I was young, faith often seemed to be about straight lines. Right/wrong. Do/don’t. Pure/impure. In/out. Faith/doubt. Virtue/sin. Blessed/cursed. Victorious/suffering. Innocent/guilty. Saved/damned. The lines were

Ryan Dueck

February 12, 2015

Community will save the world

I once read a blog post by a Unitarian pastor who said she believed community would save the world. I think she may be right. In

Kathleen Quiring

February 11, 2015

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