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... a free, weekly e-zine from The Mennonite.
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MDS investigates tornado damage in Oklahoma
From Mennonite Disaster Service Jeff Koller, Mennonite Disaster Service response coordinator; Jay Blough, MDS Oklahoma unit chair; Bill Mast, former Oklahoma unit chair; and Roger Claassen, volunteer, spent May 21 assessing the damage of May 19 tornados around Shawnee, OK.  A crew with chainsaws and skid steers from the OK MDS Unit is on the ground today cleaning up debris. They are working in the small communities of Shawnee ...
Read more ... Photo: Shawnee, OK, home damaged by May 19 tornado. Photo provided.
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Immigrant delegation visits Washington, D.C., to call for immigration reform
By Annette Brill BergstresserOn May 14-15, a delegation of Mennonite leaders with first-hand experience with the U.S. immigration system gathered in Washington, D.C., to meet with congressional representatives to advocate for just and humane immigration reform ...
Read more ...  Photo: Jaime Lázaro, journalist and pastor at Iglesia El Centro, Colorado Springs, Colo. and Yeudi Xiong-Thao from the Hmong Mennonite Church, Westminster, Colo., outside the office of Senator Mark Udall (D-CO). Photo by Jesse Epp-Fransen.
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Names of children killed by drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen
By Daniel Riehl
United States drone warfare in places such as Pakistan, Yemen and other countries is a high tech, distant battle far removed from our daily lives. Yet in this undeclared war thousands of people have been injured and killed, including the children named below.
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College Corner: Heinzekehr energized for Phoenix 2013
Bluffton UniversityWhen she was 16, Hannah Heinzekehr joined a group of friends from Goshen, Ind., who rode bicycles to Nashville, Tenn., for the 2001 convention of the soon-to-be Mennonite Church USA ... Read more ... 
Photo: Hannah Heinzekehr, with "Stella," (second from right) takes a break with other members of the MCUSA convention planning team.
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Tim's blog: Through Nickel Mines and Lee Camp: One man's journey to Anabaptism
This guest post from Jason Lacoss-Arnold is the fourth article in my Anabaptist Camp Followers series: "I grew up in Church of Christ, a branch of the Stone/Campbell movement (along with the Christian Church and Disciples of Christ with the Church of Christ being the most conservative). If you think of them as Southern Baptists without a formal denomination structure or musical instruments in worship, you would have a fair approximation. I grew up conflating Christianity with America, the Republican Party (particularly the Libertarian wing) and the military" ...
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