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Articles : Sheldon C. Good

Not voting: Is it selfish?

I live on K Street — yes, that place symbolic of all that’s wrong with Washington. K Street was once the center of lobbying. Today, street vendors, the homeless and prostitutes line K Street before sunrise. I dodge them on early morning runs toward the White House.

Life of adventure and service

A memorial service for Al Geiser, a businessman who was shot and killed July 23 in Afghanistan, was held Aug. 5 at Kidron (Ohio) Mennonite Church.

A room divided

My first in-person reporting assignment, two months into this job, will be etched in my mind forever. Although I had attended church gatherings before, I had never experienced such deep tension, such direct honesty, such awkward silence.
Businessman killed in rural Afghanistan

A Mennonite independent businessman from Ohio was shot and killed July 23 in rural Afghanistan.
Construction projects build kingdom in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly two dozen adults and youth from Franconia Mennonite Church served here recently as part of an effort to literally build the kingdom of God.

Insurance mandate exempts many plain Anabaptists

The 2010 health-care reform law, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, includes an individual mandate requiring “everyone” to carry insurance.

The politics of church

Discernment is a cornerstone of the church. More than simply making decisions, we seek together what it means to be followers of Jesus. This implies a seemingly unattainable, almost arrogant goal: that somehow we can know the mind and will of God.
Central District adopts peace pledge

Central District Conference delegates have accepted a pledge that invites congregations to commit to peacebuilding by encountering the realities of war.
Colo. households among thousands fleeing wildfire

Members of Beth-El Mennonite Church were among those who evacuated their homes as nearly 1,000 firefighters tried June 26 to contain a 15,517-acre wildfire that moved into Colorado Springs, sending tens of thousands fleeing the city.
Attacks on Brethren in Nigeria leave four dead

Suspected Islamic militants have killed hundreds of people in Nigeria since January, and attacks on at least two Church of the Brethren congregations in June resulted in at least four deaths.