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The gates are open

A few months ago I went on retreat with the Kairos School of Spiritual Formation in Eastern Pennsylvania. Kairos has an office in Lancaster, Pa.,

Joanna Lawrence Shenk

August 4, 2014

EMM Global Fair serves up a feast of cultures

SALUNGA, Pa. — Nestled among the buildings of the oldest homestead in Lancaster County on July 12 were international flags, girls trying on chadars and the aroma of osh cooking over an open fire.

The occasion was Eastern Mennonite Missions’ annual Global Fair, held at the Hans Herr House and Museum in Willow Street.

Almost 2,000 visitors explored cultures from Germany, Chile and Cambodia, as well as those of local immigrants.

Linda Moffett | Eastern Mennonite Missions

August 4, 2014

Still a place of storm

In July I traveled with a group of four Eastern Mennonite Seminary students to bear witness to Mennonite Central Committee’s ministry of presence in New

Stephen Kriss

August 4, 2014

What is the church doing for young adults?

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A question repeated in the church today is: Why don’t young adults go to church? But that might not be the right question, according to Lana Miller, campus pastor at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg.

A better question might be: What is the church doing to engage young adults?

Kelli Yoder | Mennonite World Review

August 4, 2014

Looking for grace

On Aug. 1-3, Mountain States Mennonite Conference, the conference I am part of, will be hosting its annual assembly. This year’s assembly will be closely watched

Glenn Balzer

August 4, 2014

Humanity at the border

Now is the time to harness Christian support for immigration justice and meet the increasingly desperate need at the U.S. and Mexico border. Since October,

Kelli Yoder

August 4, 2014

MCC responds to immigrant crisis

With an unprecedented number of Central American families fleeing violence and poverty in their home countries and arriving at the U.S. border, Mennonite Central Committee has committed $30,000 to an initial response and is assessing other potential assistance.

Marla Pierson Lester | Mennonite Central Committee

August 1, 2014

Much is given, and much will be required

At first when I heard one of the main focuses of my cross-cultural experience to Guatemala (with Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va.) would be immigration,

Andrea King

July 30, 2014

MDS inspires gift of old farm

PHILADELPHIA — When Kevin King answered the phone in Mennonite Central Committee’s constituency ministries department one day in the early 1990s, he heard a surprising pronouncement.

“ ‘We’re the Thomas brothers, and we want to give our farm to the Mennonites,’ ” King recalled hearing. “I just about fell off my chair.”

Rachel Sommer | Mennonite Central Committee

July 28, 2014

How would Jesus vote on hot topics?

I read an article on Huffington Post about a new survey by a nonpartisan organization called YouGov of self-identified Christians. Asked how they believe Jesus

Christian Piatt

July 28, 2014