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Bible: With love, our divisions fall away

These texts from Paul provide an excellent coda to our conversations about ethics, justice and the Christian life. Although Romans is rightly considered Paul’s most

Ted Grimsrud

August 13, 2018

Book review: ‘Mystics and Misfits’

About eight years ago, Christiana Peterson, her husband and daughter moved from urban Washington, D.C., to an intentional Christian community in rural north-central Illinois. Their

Sarah Kehrberg

August 13, 2018

Why ‘church in nature’ isn’t enough

There’s this mildly irritating phrase that I have encountered with some frequency over the course of the decade or so that I have been a

Ryan Dueck

August 13, 2018

Don’t silence the hurting

Sexual-abuse survivor and victims’ advocate Trudy Harder Metzger preaches an important word when she says we should not expect survivors simply to forgive and move

Rachel Stella

August 13, 2018

Mysterious initials

There’s nothing sacred about the word “Mennonite.” Nor is it anything to be ashamed of. Somewhere between those extremes is a venerable religious identity with

Paul Schrag

August 13, 2018

Kennel-Shank: One word: plastics

When the cafe worker offered me plastic cutlery with my to-go salad, I declined, thinking of the bamboo fork, spoon and knife in my backpack.

Celeste Kennel-Shank

August 13, 2018

Paradox explained

The vexing paradox that Wilbur Entz mentions (Letters & Comments, July 16) of people either being conservative and believing the scriptures are without error, or liberal

Letters

August 13, 2018

Military waste

The United States has wasted $15.5 billion in Afghanistan since 2008, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction, which they estimate is probably

Letters

August 13, 2018

Camps offer faith-building respite

If Mennonite camping were only about camping, Andrew Michaels would pack up and go home. But since it’s about connecting people to Christ, he remains all in.

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite World Review

August 13, 2018

Longhurst: New publishing vision

In 2016, shortly after being elected president of Mennonite World Review Inc., I reached out to Barth Hauge and Tobi Thiessen, board chairs of The

John Longhurst

August 13, 2018