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Faith leaders’ response to family separation

Separating families is wrong. Selectively using Scripture to justify tearing families apart is dangerous and immoral. In such a time as this, Christians need to

Mennonite Church USA

June 18, 2018

Elkhart does resist

Robert Victor Peters, whose June 4 letter shames Mennonites in Elkhart County, Ind. [for not protesting a rally for President Trump], seems to need an

Letters

June 18, 2018

History: When Mennonites persecuted Mennonites

Since Anabaptism’s birth nearly five centuries ago, adherents have been persecuted for their faith by civil authorities, from Austrian archdukes to American courts to Vietnamese

Rich Preheim

June 18, 2018

Watson: Discomfort empowers

Every so often I find myself humming a hymn I heard several years ago: I found God in myself, I found God in myself, and

Hillary Watson

June 18, 2018

Bible: Complicated commands

Matthew seeks to trace how Jesus prepared his followers to spread his good news to “all nations” that they might obey what he has commanded

Ted Grimsrud

June 18, 2018

Unfair to Trump

In “Setting a Low Bar” (June 4), John Powell accuses President Trump of being immoral. It all started with the Access Hollywood video. Progressive Mennonites

Letters

June 18, 2018

Washington Witness: The costs, and profits, of war

On a recent visit to the Middle East, I heard firsthand about the awful costs of the Syria war. A Syrian Orthodox bishop, Selwanos Boutros

Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach

June 18, 2018

Andres: Love weighs what’s best

Infinity Wars, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, brings together multiple threads woven through many of the previous 19 films. It’s fun to

Carmen Andres

June 18, 2018

Statue to honor martyr

STEINBACH, Man. — Manitoba sculptor Peter Sawatzky has been commissioned to create a bronze statue of martyred Anabaptist Dirk Willems.

Abe Warkentin | Mennonite Heritage Village

June 18, 2018

Book review: ‘Worthy’

Someone once suggested to me that advertising exists to convince us we aren’t good enough. Whether it’s shampoo, car or a smart phone app, all

Sarah Kehrberg

June 18, 2018