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Is the Christian faith dying? It may seem that way in Europe and North America. In an article in the Washington Post (May 20, 2015), Wes...

One uncomfortable aspect of life together is comparisons. In response to this common human problem, a biblical songwriter makes a bold...

Any conflict, small or large, is like throwing a rock into a pond. The ripples wash over others in widening circles of dissension. When...

As a cashier at a supermarket, I interacted with the men, woman, and children who streamed through my check-out line. From them, I gained...

This week I will conclude 18 months of bi-vocational employment, working as a cashier in a local supermarket. It has been, so to speak,...

Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for Humanity, advocated “enough” as a biblical standard of living. The formative revelation for...

A single musician can play by ear. A jazz combo excels in improvisation. By contrast, an orchestra needs written musical scores. To...

Habecker Mennonite Church is located amid the farmland of Lancaster County (Pa.). Yet this rural church teems with bicultural life and...

Wetlands are places where the land is saturated by water. Ponds, marshes, swamps, bogs, river deltas, and flood-prone areas are all...

Every living organism is shaped by its DNA. This molecule of intertwined strands, knit into nearly every cell, carries genetic...

God delights in stirring our imaginations with glimpses of the future. As we pay attention, these insights can coalesce into a vision of...

In this Lenten season, consider three recurring areas of temptation. Richard Foster has named them in a book of the same title: money,...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “All Christian theology has its origin in the wonder of wonders, that God became human. . . Seized and...

The United Nations estimates that there are now 232 million international migrants. These displaced multitudes are driven by deprivation,...

To follow Jesus, we abandon any attempt to make something of ourselves. On our own, we cannot be good or virtuous. Instead, we trust...