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Is this really what Jesus taught?
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (891+ words) This is my message to fellow Christians, especially evangelicals: We know better. We know better than to applaud the current mistreatment of immigrants in America. The merciless conduct of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and Customs and Border Protection agents,…...
Why church unity? An African answer
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (763+ words) Wil LaVeist | Mennonite Mission Network Black missionaries transformed the transatlantic holocaust's pain into promise. Black and White believers proved the good that happens when God's people unify. The Bible contains more than 100 Scriptures emphasizing church unity. So why do those…...
Do you breakfast like a queen, lunch like a prince and supper like a peasant?
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (631+ words) Anna Lisa Gross | For Anabaptist World (And do you call it supper or dinner?) While visiting cousin Phil, we breakfasted like royalty: caramelized cabbage, black bean cucumber salad, eggs or pork chops, kefir or yogurt and toast. He eats this…...
Evangelicals divided over what faith demands as immigration tensions deepen
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (822+ words) For years, leaders of the Evangelical Immigration Table have summed up the Bible's view of immigration in three words: Welcome the stranger. In Bible studies, sermons, videos and other resources, the coalition of denominational and nonprofit leaders has sought to…...
Backslider, outsider
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (1232+ words) An old question with new urgency: Where do we belong? In the olden days I'd be what they called a backslider. "That Missy, she's off the path. We need to rein her in." A better description of me now would…...
Christian nationalism isn't limited to US, say scholars meeting in Chicago
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (368+ words) Bob Smietana | Religion News Service Scholars from around the world gathered "in Chicago last week to focus on Christian nationalism, which they say is growing in influence globally. The first of what organizers say will be an annual event, the…...
Five things Friday roundup: Biblical reasons to resist ICE and what faithful action can look like
1+ week, 3+ day ago (795+ words) Alisha and Josh Garber | For Anabaptist World As people of faith, we're often asked, "What should we do?" Scripture doesn't offer a playbook for every moment, but it does illustrate a pattern of care, courage, and justice that can give…...
Antiwar activist and attorney to lead draft counselor training in February
1+ week, 3+ day ago (291+ words) A three-part draft counselor training program will kick off on Sunday, February 8, 2026, 1 p.m. Central Time, at Joy Mennonite Church in Oklahoma City. Organized by James M. Branum, a longtime antiwar activist and one of the country's leading civilian military law attorneys, the…...
Defiantly growing beans and hope
1+ week, 4+ day ago (466+ words) AJ Delgadillo | For Anabaptist World Fava beans are a bush bean. They make thick stocks that can support large harvests of their huge pods. Fava bean pods are gigantic, and they grow double shelled. Each pod has an inner shell…...
One year after she urged Trump to have mercy, Bishop Budde leads clergy protests in Minneapolis
1+ week, 5+ day ago (726+ words) Jack Jenkins | Religion News Service Almost exactly a year ago, Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, stood in a pulpit in front of the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump and preached a sermon that called on the commander in…...