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1. Mennonites and the state

   ... , many stones of different colours and sizes are organized so that the viewer can see a depiction of Jesus. [1] Human societies ... the freedom Jesus offers and the mark of a new politics not from this social order.   Repentance is the human response to ...

   Stephanie Setiawan - 01/09/2024 - 05:54

2. A Christian nation?

   ... that referendum, a Catholic priest said to me: “It is so interesting to see all these evangelical pastors looking for more political ... of the historian William Estep: “The Anabaptists were not interested in constructing a church through coercion, either by infant ...

   Stephanie Setiawan - 01/09/2024 - 05:53

3. How I envy you!

   ... is possible. But as Anabaptists, we know that that has not been our case historically. Some months ago, I was reading an article ... to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable ...

   Stephanie Setiawan - 12/05/2023 - 06:22

4. An Open Hand, Not a Handout

   ... the wealth gaps in our communities. An Open Hand, Not a Handout Portugal is a small country. Yet despite our size we ... Portuguese government overspent its budget. Its debt grew so big that the EU, the European Bank and the International Monetary Fund had ...

   pwadmin - 01/28/2020 - 12:25

5. Gathering of world communions focuses on God’s work

   ... the gift of unity amid diversity and difference, a witness so much needed in the current world circumstances,” says César García.   ... hosted the meeting in 2023.  “This group does not sign resolutions, engage in common strategic planning or plan of actions. ...

   Stephanie Setiawan - 12/27/2023 - 06:27

6. Less rain, less shade, more people

   ... the way it used to,” she says, “and that makes it so it’s hotter.” She suspects these trends are linked to something else: ... heat is notable, Sara Noemi Viteri Moreno says. It’s not just those trees. All around the city, trees have been cut down as the ...

   Stephanie Setiawan - 12/21/2023 - 00:58

7. Conflict in the church: Lessons from Acts 15

   ... of conflict always takes much time and energy. Furthermore, not all resolutions after careful discernment are final; some can be revisited ... not accompanied them in the work. The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company; Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away ...

   Stephanie Setiawan - 11/21/2023 - 12:31

8. YAMEN

   ... Laos and Indonesia are both in South East Asia, so some kinds of food are similar. But sometimes, as Laotian teaching English ... I miss Lao food. When I make food from home, it helps me to not feel as homesick. Cooking Lao food to share with others helps me to share ...

   KristinaT - 11/22/2023 - 21:04

9. “We start with what we have”

   ... way to address inequality is treating people differently – not the same,” says Arli Klassen, MWC regional representatives ... continent say they can’t give the full assessed amount, so we start conversations,” says Arli Klassen. “The cultural differences ...

   KarlaB - 10/23/2023 - 17:21

10. Courier 2023 / 3 July

    ... in despair Hope was never lost “If we do not give up…” Deep faith fills Bowls of Hope Country ... Mennonite World Conference wants to break walls down so that we can be a communion that is a gift from God. “It is ...

    Stephanie Setiawan - 09/05/2023 - 06:43

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