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Articles : Kelli Yoder

For the love of a deal

As businesses grow more transparent, simple-living believers can afford to revisit what they consider a deal.
EMU volleyball coach facing charge of battery

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Eastern Mennonite University announced April 30 its men’s volleyball head coach was charged with sexual battery, a misdemeanor.
New name, new hope for survival at Colo. church

ARVADA, Colo. — Arvada Mennonite Church reached what longtime member Menno Gaeddert sees now as the height of its activity in the mid-1970s.

Enhancing college diversity

Dina Gonzalez-Piña experienced a bit of culture shock when she attended Mennonite Brethren-affiliated Fresno (Calif.) Pacific University in the 1980s.

Not just a name

St. Francis of Assisi famously said, “Preach the gospel; if necessary, use words.” If the last month is any indication, his namesake Pope Francis is doing his best to live by that rule, wordlessly demonstrating the gospel’s central themes.

Marvelous musical gift

When Central Christian School in Kidron, Ohio, received an anonymous donation of $400,000 for its music program, vocal director Tim Shue was humbled.

Jesus broke the cycle

Recognition of the deceased was at least a small part of each Easter ritual I was taught in the home of my Georgian Orthodox host family. Though I comprehended little of my host mother’s Georgian explanations, I understood more by the way she pointed to a prominently displayed portrait of Maia, her daughter who was killed in a traffic accident at age 20.
Churches take stand of welcome

HARRISONBURG, Va. — When Community Mennonite Church officially discussed sexual orientation 20 years ago, the majority of its members held a traditional view.

Relief sales rebound as a new season begins

Relief sale income for Mennonite Central Committee took a positive turn last year, and the upward trend continued with the first sale of 2013.

Witness for life

A new report shows the death penalty has grown less relevant to Americans, making this a better time than ever to build the momentum against it.