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Still hoping, trusting

Early in my teen years, I asked myself if I really wanted to belong to the Mennonite church or if I was doing it out

July 4, 2016

To exit or remain? The July 4, 1776, question

In 1776 my great-great-great-great-great grandfather, Christian Yoder, Jr., moved his family by team and wagon from Berks County, Pa., to the far western frontier of

Harvey Yoder

July 4, 2016

Making trouble

During a recent trip to the Netherlands for work, I had the opportunity to stop by the Singelkerk in Amsterdam. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it

Robert Martin

July 1, 2016

Killing our guns

It was late Saturday night, or Pentecost-Eve (May 14) as I like to call it. All week I had been on the lookout for a

Ruth Harder

June 28, 2016

When violence is a good thing

I don’t always understand our world. It’s a tough, complicated mess of lives and loves, fears and failures. And core to our world and news

Marty Troyer

June 22, 2016

A fool’s errand

It is ironic that in response to a Catholic statement renouncing the “just war” ethic, a Mennonite editorial declares its benefits (“Can War Be Just?,”

Letters

June 6, 2016

Problematic drive-thru stickers

With me in the van last August when I pulled into the drive-thru lane at our credit union were three grandchildren. “Ask for pretty stickers,”

Shirley Kurtz

June 1, 2016

Chaplain redirects some tax dollars to pay for peace

HARRISONBURG, Va. — For two years, Ruth Anne Friesen has redirected a portion of her federal income tax payments to support the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience program at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding.

Eastern Mennonite University

May 23, 2016

ISIS the stuff of fears

When I visited the Middle East last year, I was surprised to hear many people say that the United States created the Islamic State group

Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach

May 23, 2016