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Barack Obama invoked Abraham Lincoln in Thursday's speech in which he accepted his party's nomination for president. "I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming... Read More
September 7, 2012 | Web First | Yonat Shimron
What a revealing end to a disturbing political convention. An actor who built a career on pretending to be a tough guy talked to an empty chair, pretending it was President Obama... Read More
September 5, 2012 | Web First | Tom Ehrich
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, revered as a messiah within his Unification Church but regarded by many others as a vain and enigmatic man who blessed mass weddings, built a sprawling... Read More
September 5, 2012 | Web First | Daniel Burke
The streets are packed. Hordes of people move at once, criss-crossing over the smooth stone streets and deftly navigating down many stairs. Vendors shouting in Arabic call from... Read More
September 4, 2012 | Young Voices | Vanessa Snyder-Penner
Last year, a few of my cousins and a bunch of the friends I made growing up in church, in high school and during my time studying at Canadian Mennonite University got engaged. And... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Thomas Epp as told to Aaron Epp
All the anticipation in the world cannot prepare someone for the experience of leaving home to live in a foreign country for a period of time, even though one understands that it... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
“To live in the Holy Land, you must be crazy, or you must believe in miracles,” farmer Daoud Nassar tells our group assembled in a cave just outside of Bethlehem. He is sharing... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Vanessa Snyder-Penner
For Sara Doua of Bamako, Mali, receiving a three-month ration means she no longer has to go door-to-door asking her neighbours for food.Read More
August 29, 2012 | Back Page | Story and photos by Kelly Di Domenico
Elsie Rempel, Mennonite Church Canada Formation Consultant, launched her new book, Please Pass the Faith, at Mennonite Church Canada Assembly 2012 in Vancouver. The book explores... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Artbeat | By Ardell Stauffer
The spring after I turned 15, Sam cornered me in the hallway of Steinmann Mennonite Church and said, “You’re playing church league ball this summer.” It was more of an instruction... Read More
August 29, 2012 | God at work in Us | By Ryan Roth
North American churches forget how special Anabaptism is, say Erwin and Marian Wiens, recently returned from Korea. The Wienses are no strangers to South Korea. Ten years ago,... Read More
August 29, 2012 | God at work in the World | Deborah Froese
When Andrew, a new Christian in Little Flowers Community Church, tragically took his life, it shook the church to its core. Pastor Jamie Arpin-Ricci said it was the death of... Read More
August 29, 2012 | God at work in the Church | Story and photos by Evelyn Rempel Petkau
The streets are packed. Hordes of people move at once, criss-crossing over the smooth stone streets and deftly navigating down many stairs. Vendors shouting in Arabic call from... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Vanessa Snyder-Penner
“To live in the Holy Land, you must be crazy, or you must believe in miracles,” farmer Daoud Nassar tells our group assembled in a cave just outside of Bethlehem. He is sharing... Read More
August 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Vanessa Snyder-Penner
A bail hearing is set for today, Aug. 28, in Islamabad in the case of a girl charged with blasphemy for allegedly burning pages of the Quran, Islam's holy scriptures. Several... Read More
August 28, 2012 | Web First | By Anto Akkara
Law officers testified Wednesday (Sept. 5, 2012) about the chaotic and bizarre scene they discovered the night of Oct. 4, 2011, when they arrived at the Holmes County, Ohio, home... Read More
August 28, 2012 | Web First | James F. McCarty for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland
The leader of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church has urged citizens to observe peace, love and tolerance as the country mourns the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi . The Rev... Read More
August 23, 2012 | Web First | By Fredrick Nzwili
Maybe religion really is the opiate of the masses – just not the way Karl Marx imagined. A University of Washington study posits that worship services at megachurches can trigger... Read More
August 21, 2012 | Web First |
OK, so like I'm on vacation in Maine and you're pondering the fate of Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), but what would we do without those crack investigative reporters at Politico, Jake... Read More
August 21, 2012 | Web First | Mark Silk
The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant denomination, has approved a recommendation to boycott products produced in Israeli settlements in occupied... Read More
August 20, 2012 | Web First | By Kristine Greenaway
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan defended his invitation of President Obama to the annual Al Smith Dinner in October, saying he is trying to encourage civility and dialogue amid a... Read More
August 20, 2012 | Web First | Chris Lisee
For the first time in U.S . history, both sides of the ballot include Roman Catholics: Democrats' Vice President Joe Biden, and Republicans' newly named vice presidential... Read More
August 20, 2012 | Web First | Daniel Burke
A Vermont jury found an Amish-Mennonite pastor guilty Tuesday (Aug. 14) of abetting an international kidnapping to keep a young girl from her lesbian parent. Virginia pastor... Read More
August 17, 2012 | Web First | Lauren Markoe
A Moscow court found three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" today (Aug. 17) for a guerrilla performance in Moscow... Read More
August 17, 2012 | Web First | By Sophia Kishkovsky