Publishing building sold in Scottdale, Pa.

By Steve Shenk of MennoMedia

The former longtime Mennonite publishing building in Scottdale, Pa., will re-open as a church facility. MennoMedia, the newly merged church agency based in Harrisonburg, Va., sold the landmark building to a local congregation, Wellspring Church, on Aug. 12 ...

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The sign from the former Mennonite Publishing House building in Scottdale, Pa., was later removed and brought to Harrisonburg, Va. Photo by Russ Eanes.

Seven things I learned from a death threat

By Larry Augsbuger

On July 10, as I arrived at my office for the meeting before the 9 a.m. worship service at Kidron (Ohio) Mennonite Church, I noticed a box on my desk, and quickly opened it. Inside I found a note telling me, among other things, that dictators like me deserved to be hung by the neck until dead or shot in the head ...
 
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Cultivating transcendence: Art, worship music, and the church

By John Eicher

Over the past several years, if not decades, Mennonites have been engaged in a debate over appropriate worship music. This question came up once again at Pittsburgh 2011 when newer musical styles were given equal billing with traditional hymns. Although I was not at Pittsburgh 2011, I was interested to read an article by Sarah Shirk ...

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College Corner: New partnership between AMBS and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
 
By Mary E. Klassen

Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary is pleased to announce a new partnership with Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill., a graduate school of ministry and theology related to The United Methodist Church ...

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Tim's blog: Fragmentation of text(s): Facebook, Blackberry Messenger, the London riots and early Anabaptists

 
This week, riots and looting moved through neighborhoods in London that I know well. The broken windows, fires and shouts of "I want a satnav*" were juxtaposed with a familiar map that I bicycled through to work for nearly two years. I found myself turning to Facebook to reach out to friends in those neighborhoods and processing my thoughts through comments on my favorite blog ...
 
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