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By Jason Boone of the Peace and Justice Support Network and Sheldon C. Good of The Mennonite When The Mennonite and the Peace and Justice Support Network launched the Peace Lab podcast in 2016, we weren’t sure what the response would be. The idea of a podcast focused on Mennonite peacemaking sounded good, but you […]

Perhaps you are among the many people who will drive many miles and hours this week (or alternatively travel via train or plane) to join family and friends for a Thanksgiving celebration. This is a prime opportunity to catch up on podcast episodes. In case you’ve missed them, here are some of our favorite episodes […]

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your […]

“We were born for this!” In the height of an emotionally powerful song, in the midst of a worship service, the worship leader with his deep caramel-smooth voice declared, with arms in the air, “We were born for this!” I had heard him say this before, but in this particular moment it caught my attention […]

Drew G.I. Hart is Professor of Theology at Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Drew is the author of  Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism. He blogs for The Mennonite.  While humanity frequently experiences God’s goodness, including good creation, we also experience waves of devastating violence and brutal oppression. And when we consider the complicated […]

Ben Wideman is campus pastor for 3rd Way Collective at Penn State University and blogs for The Mennonite.  On Sunday, July 10th, four historic peace churches met in State College, Pennsylvania, for what was billed as the first ever “Meeting for Peace” in our town. In the wake of another difficult national news cycle filled […]

In the wake of the shootings of police and civilians in Dallas, many voices are blaming the Black Lives Matter movement and the growing opposition to police violence and white supremacy. But now more than ever we need movements of committed, militant nonviolence. Shootings like the one in Dallas grow out of what scholar Ron […]