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Embracing difference and green chili

It has been almost 20 years since I made a significant career and life change. Back in 1994 I was pastoring in a church where

Glenn Balzer

September 9, 2014

My foster parenting story

When my husband Gabe and I decided it was time to grow our family by trying to get pregnant, we had no idea what our

Bethany Bauman Baker

September 4, 2014

Willa Cather’s bishop on miracles, vision and love

Here is a stunning passage from Willa Cather's novel, Death Comes for the Archbishop: "Where there is great love there are always miracles," [the bishop]

Brian R. Gumm

September 2, 2014

Blessed are . . . those people?

As a middle class American girl growing up in rural Baptist churches, I learned that the Kingdom of God means heaven, and that heaven is

Paige Cordial

September 1, 2014

Local culture tours will add Pennsylvania flavor

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Registrants will be able to choose from 47 tours while attending the Mennonite World Conference assembly. Ten full-day tours will take place

Phyllis Pellman Good | Mennonite World Conference

September 1, 2014

Giving girls space

What a great challenge and responsibility it is for the church to help shape girls into women of God. Especially in a world that hasn’t

Kelli Yoder

September 1, 2014

Disciplined evangelism

In a recent congregational report to The Philippine Witness, the bimonthly newsletter of the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (better known as the Holdeman

John D. Roth

September 1, 2014

Renewal group holds national conference

EAST EARL, Pa. — Three hundred Mennonite leaders and members from more than a dozen U.S. states and Canadian provinces gathered July 10-12 at Weaverland

Anabaptist Renewal Circles

September 1, 2014

Incoming EMU softball player dies in ATV accident

Kaitlin Aylor, 18, of Madison, Va., died of brain trauma and internal injuries on Aug. 16 as a result of an accident in which she

Mennonite World Review staff

September 1, 2014

Visas one of MWC’s biggest hurdles

Because visitors to the U.S. from the Southern Hemisphere often find it difficult to get visas, Mennonite World Conference is taking steps to try to keep the situation from limiting attendance at its global assembly next July.

“When we invited the global church to the U.S. for the assembly, we knew that difficulty in securing visas was one of the biggest obstacles we . . .

Phyllis Pellman Good | Mennonite World Conference

September 1, 2014