Lois Gunden Clemens honored for saving Jewish children
 From Yad Vashem Yad Vashem has recognized Lois Gunden, an American Mennonite who helped save Jewish children while in France during the Holocaust, as Righteous Among the Nations. Gunden will be posthumously honored in a ceremony that will take place in the United States, in which her niece, Mary Jean Gunden will accept the medal and certificate of honor on her behalf ... Read more ...
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Phoenix 2013 reflection: 'Isn't God for Everyone?'
By Ryan Kopper On a warm Thursday night in downtown Phoenix during convention I found myself sitting on the ground with a man I hardly knew. Ronny was middle aged and without a home. He was sitting in a cluster of his only belongings: old magazines and newspapers, rotting bananas, some loose change and all of his dirty clothing dressing his neglected body ... Read more ...Photo: Ronny, left, and Robert hold a newly-made sign after being asked to leave the Mennonite youth worship service in Phoenix 2013. Photo provided.
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MC USA leaders respond to Zimmerman trial verdict
From Mennonite Church USA
Elizabeth Soto Albrecht and Ervin Stutzman: We grieve and lament the killing of a beautiful young person. We grieve and lament that the perpetrator can walk free without legal consequences for his actions. We grieve and lament the pervasive use of guns in our culture. We grieve and lament laws and systems that profile people based on race and that justify the use of violence to settle conflicts. We grieve and lament the deep racial divisions in our society and in our churches that make it so hard to understand or even hear each other's perspectives ...
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College Corner: Seminary students sees Mennonites from the outside
By Laura Lehman Amstutz of Eastern Mennonite Seminary
Brad Kolb, student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Va., got a new perspective on Mennonite culture without even leaving the country. He did this by spending 12 days at Woodland Hills Church near St. Paul, Minnesota, where author and speaker Greg Boyd is the main teaching pastor ...  Read more ... Photo: Brad Kolb learned how to distinguish Anabaptist theology from Mennonite culture by spending a week with Greg Boyd at Woodland Hills Church, St. Paul, Minn. Photo provided.
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Tim's blog: Groanings too deep for words: The Zimmerman verdict and the dividing wall between us
After reading some of her thoughts on the Trayvon Martin verdict, I asked Pam Nath to further expand her reflections on the implications for the white community in the United States. Pam Nath works as a community organizer for Mennonite Central Committee Central States ...
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