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Applying for a visa to enter the U.S. was serious business for many internationals hoping to attend PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) assembly held in Harrisburg, July... Read More
August 13, 2015 | Web First | From reports by Phyllis Pellman Good, Judy Zimmerman Herr and Robert Herr
Lenore Mendes of Guatemala addresses Mennonite World Conference 12 in Winnipeg in 1990. She thought she would be speaking to a few hundred people, but was surprised to see... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Conrad Stoesz
The Commons is starting to slow down. No, we are not retiring as a church, we just think it is time for a little different pace. The plan is to switch things up in the fall for... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Randell Neudorf
A group of children visited a greenhouse on the last day of Bread for Success, an after-school project in Saskatoon supported by Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) Global Family... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in the World | Meghan Mast
“I’m not very good at being helpless,” says Ric Driediger as he reflects on the impact Saskatchewan’s forest fires have had on his business and his life. Driediger and his wife,... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in Us | Donna Schulz
Pop psychology writer Malcolm Gladwell popularized the 10,000-hour rule—the notion that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master a craft. Jeremy Hamm will tell you a different... Read More
August 12, 2015 | God at work in Us | J. Neufeld
In Search of Promised Lands: A Religious History of Mennonites in Ontario By Samuel J. Steiner. Herald Press, 2015, 877 pages. Sam Steiner has pulled off an amazing feat. He has... Read More
August 12, 2015 | Artbeat |
Youth and young adults from all over the world went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from July 21 to 26 for a reunion with the global Mennonite family. We spoke with a handful of young... Read More
August 12, 2015 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen and Aaron Epp
Growing up, Dustin Loewen was sometimes teased by his friends for being a “Mennonite poster boy.” He had a well-rounded Mennonite upbringing, attended Mennonite schools and has... Read More
August 12, 2015 | Young Voices | Anya Snider
Mennonite Central Committee’s mobile meat canner went vegan for the Mennonite World Conference assembly, switching for one week from pork, beef and turkey to green beans. Slipping... Read More
August 11, 2015 | Web First | Tim Huber
Pounding nails may be the last activity one might expect at an international church convention, but for many at the Mennonite World Conference’s PA 2015, it was a perfect fit... Read More
August 11, 2015 | Web First | Byron Rempel-Burkholder
Would the attendees of Pennsylvania 2015 accept “an occasional farm smell” in their meeting space? That’s just one of the many questions Howard Good, national coordinator of PA... Read More
August 11, 2015 | Web First | Devin Manzullo-Thomas
Two-hundred and sixty-nine individuals played in the Anabaptist World Cup in Logan Park in Dillsburg, Pa. This was the first soccer tournament for Mennonite World Conference and... Read More
August 11, 2015 | Web First | Anna Groff
For my “First thoughts” see here . I will begin at the end. There was the installing of a new president of MWC. When the outgoing president, Danisa Ndlovu of Zimbabwe, gave his... Read More
July 28, 2015 | Web First | David Driedger
Love for neighbour is absolutely central to the gospel, speaker Bruxy Cavey said in the final mass worship service of Pennsylvania 2015, July 25, 2015. This service saw the... Read More
July 28, 2015 | Web First | Doreen Martens
Energy was still high in the penultimate mass session of PA 2015, July 25, 2015, and speakers issued sharp challenges to Anabaptists, calling for a more active and evangelistic... Read More
July 28, 2015 | Web First | Virginia A. Hostetler
Each person is never alone. They must live in community. Yet each also craves independence and autonomy. Citing Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32, Wieteke van der Molen told... Read More
July 26, 2015 | Web First | Tim Huber
“We are here today, celebrating our common Anabaptist faith and our position in the Lord Jesus Christ,” was the greeting from Shantkumar S. Kunjam of India, who took the platform... Read More
July 26, 2015 | Web First | Lil Goertzen
Nzuzi Mukawa, a Congolese Mennonite Brethren pastor and educator and the MB Mission team leader for Sub Sahara Africa, challenged his audience Thursday evening to leave Mennonite... Read More
July 25, 2015 | Web First | Connie Faber
Remilyn Mondez of the Philippines warned about the perils of church conflict and then sprung a surprise. Speaking July 23, 2015, at the morning worship service of the Mennonite... Read More
July 24, 2015 | Web First | Paul Schrag
Anabaptist World Cup started on July 23, 2015, in at Logan Park in Dillsburg, Pa. This is the first soccer tournament for Mennonite World Conference in Harrisburg, Pa. Players... Read More
July 24, 2015 | Web First | Anna Groff
Yukari Kaga, a pastor from Japan, admitted Peter’s praise in his letter to the early church seems “a little strange to me.” Peter wrote this letter (1 Peter) in such a cruel... Read More
July 23, 2015 | Web First | Anna Groff
Many people have gathered here in Harrisburg, Pa. Many more, I think, than I have been a part of in worship. Being a part of many people gathering, of many people singing can be a... Read More
July 23, 2015 | Web First | David Driedger
During Wednesday morning worship time, Deborah, from Indonesia, leads the international music ensemble in the singing of "Nyanyikanlah" (Sing to God a New Song), with gestures typical of worship in her country. The crowd in the big arena joined in with the singing and the movements. (Photo by Dale D. Gehman)
Three speakers—one each from Kenya, Canada and Ethiopia—shared stories of doubt in their local contexts at Mennonite World Conference’s (MWC) morning worship on July 22, 2015. “We... Read More
July 22, 2015 | Web First | Kelli Yoder