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Things Worth Remembering from the Rally to Restore Sanity

Sheldon Good 11-01-2010

On my way back to Pennsylvania after attending Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, D.C. last Saturday, I couldn't get one sign out of my head which read, "It's too bad we even need a rally to restore SANITY."

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Stanley Hauerwas on Glenn Beck and More

Jarrod McKenna 10-29-2010
What do Cornel West, Rita Nakashima Brock, Carol Rose, and Onleilove Alston have in common?
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Where is God on the Border?

Jessica Lambertson 10-04-2010
There is no doubt in my mind that the border has religion.
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Living By Faith in Afghanistan

Duane Shank 8-11-2010
As reflection on the killing of ten aid workers from the International Assistance Mission (IAM) in Afghanistan continu
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Why Christianity and July 4th are Incompatible

Kurt Willems 7-02-2010
I want to start out this post with two huge disclaimers: What I am about to write may sound radical or irrational to some.
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Friday Links Round-Up

Jeannie Choi 6-18-2010
Here's a little round-up of links from the web you may have missed this week:

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Beyond Anti-War: Nonviolence in Our Neighborhoods

Andrew Wilkes 4-16-2010
This semester at Princeton Seminary, I am taking a course on War and Christian Conscience.
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This Palestinian Life: Stories of Nonviolent Resistance

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 4-14-2010

Last weekend I was at a family reunion where I had been invited to show pictures from my sabbatical in the Middle East last spring.

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Mennonite College Follows First Playing of National Anthem with St. Francis' Peace Prayer

Sheldon Good 3-31-2010
From the beginning, I opposed Goshen's landmark decision to play the national anthem before selec
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Peace is Patriotic: Anabaptists and the National Anthem

Duane Shank 3-03-2010
The recent decision by Goshen (IN) College to begin playing an instrumental version of the U.S.
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Mennonite College Will Now Play National Anthem Before Sporting Events

Sheldon Good 3-01-2010
Goshen (Ind.) College recently unveiled its landmark decision to play the national anthem befor
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Cheerful Books for the Bleak Midwinter

LaVonne Neff 12-15-2009
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Proclaiming Jubilee in the Midst of Foreclosures

Mark Van Steenwyk 9-28-2009

My 1.5 year old son Jonas broke his first law last month.

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A Prophetic Call in the Midst of Political Corruption (Colombia's Churches Cry Out, Part 2)

Janna Hunter-Bowman 9-23-2009
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Zelaya Returns: But How Will Honduras Move Forward?

Andrew Clouse 9-21-2009
Earlier this morning Radio Globo -- a pro-resistance radio source -- broke the news that Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, the deposed president of Honduras, has arrived in Tegucigalpa and was calling his suppo
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Israel Kicks Refugees Out of Their Tents

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 8-03-2009

In most cases in Occupied Palestine at this point, Palestinian refugees live in UN-administered camps that are essentially urban slums--overcrowded apartment blocks with high rates of poverty. But there are still some refugees that live in tents.

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Voices of the Poor Lost in Honduras' Power Struggle

Amanda Lind 7-10-2009

Two weeks ago Sunday I awoke to my cell phone ringing at 6:45 a.m. In my sleepy delirium I answered it to hear the agitated voice of Isidra, a friend and "hermana" from our church in Flor del Campo, a marginalized neighborhood near the airport of Tegucigalpa.

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Justice for Victims of Colombia's Military

Janna Hunter-Bowman 6-19-2009
On June 8, Pastor Reinel Martinez Medina testified before the Colombian Congress on the execution of his brother at the hands of Colombian Public Security Forces: "I dare to speak out about my brot
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Arab Christians Getting Overdue Recognition

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 6-10-2009
I was glad to see Daoud Kuttab's recent post on Obama and Arab Christians.
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Combatants for Peace: A Grassroots View from the Middle East, Part 2

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 6-09-2009

Another amazing grassroots effort in the Middle East is Combatants for Peace, a group of former Palestinian fighters and Israeli soldiers who have united to reject violence and tell their stories to each other as a way of finding peace.

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