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The limits of Stan the Man Hauerwas

When I was in seminary, I got drunk on Stanley Hauerwas. His polemic works against modernity, Christendom, liberalism, individualism, etc., struck a chord with me,

Brian R. Gumm

September 29, 2014

Churches repudiate ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

SAN FRANCISCO — Church leaders from across the U.S. and Canada strategized about engaging the Mennonite church in the ecumenical effort to dismantle the “Doctrine

First Mennonite Church of San Francisco

September 29, 2014

Church planters make friends, follow the Spirit

WICHITA, Kan. — Because Byron and Hilda Pellecer “followed the bubbles” of the Holy Spirit, Imelda Samaniego worships on her front lawn.

On Tuesday evenings she joins a small group of adults and children in an outdoor Bible study the Pellecers lead.

Her neighbors, Juanita and Pascual, invited her. The couple . . .

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

September 29, 2014

A surprising future?

The shape of God’s church of the future may surprise us. Can we agree that decision-making from only a few, top-down, is not satisfactory? Nor

Rachel Stella

September 29, 2014

Nothing new under the sun — or in the church press?

Cleaning out old files, I came upon one marked “Controversy in the Mennonite Press” with stuff in it dating back 40 years and more. One

Katie Funk Wiebe

September 29, 2014

Stop the domestic arms race

After the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., people from every sector of society began, again, discussing the issue of race. Some vehemently

John Powell

September 29, 2014

Beating the heat, youth connect with N.Y. congregation

NEW YORK — On hot summer afternoons, Tiara Downer’s Summer Jam Cool Outs at King of Glory Tabernacle, a Mennonite Church USA congregation in the

Rachel Sommer | Mennonite Central Committee

September 29, 2014

Clothed with faith, humor

Jonathan Kornelsen’s teen-aged “Menno” T-shirt concept that made his father laugh out loud is taking root as a fundraiser around British Columbia and two other Canadian provinces.

Now youth pastor at Central Community Church in Chilliwack, Kornelsen thought it would be fun as a teen to wear a shirt that read, “Menno Simons is my homeboy.” As the annual Fraser Valley Mennonite Central Committee relief sale approached in 2011, the Bible college graduate . . .

Barrie McMaster | Mennonite Brethren Herald

September 29, 2014

Parenting and the Bible

It is the things you assume that really sink into them. It is the things you forget even to teach that they learn. — G.K.

Sarah Kehrberg

September 29, 2014

Compassion for migrants

In a year when the flow of Central American families to the U.S. border has made headlines, Mennonite Central Committee is responding broadly. MCC is

Marla Pierson Lester | Mennonite Central Committee

September 29, 2014