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Reuben Sairs

“Mistakes Were Made…” Part 2

How Can We Get “Nonconformity” Right? When was the last time you heard a sermon about nonconformity? How many of the younger generation of Mennonites in CMC can claim that nonconformity to the world was a special emphasis in their development—reinforced at every turn? Nonconformity

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Phil Weber

“Mistakes Were Made…” Part 1

How Do We Get the Bible Right? Mistakes are costly! Sometimes the costs are mild—an extra trip to the store or a follow-up text to correct a phone’s autocorrect feature. Sometimes the costs are high, including damage or death as our highways graphically illustrate. I

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Jeremy Miller

How We Do Change

I came of age at the tail end of the era when most CMC churches had a written set of lifestyle standards for church members. While many contemporary CMC churches have stated expectations about loving, forgiving, and serving each other, 30 years ago the expectations

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David Perkins

And God Saw That It Was Good

Look around you. Look out your window. Look at the trees and the flowers. How many different colors do you see? Look at all the leaves and the movement of each blade of grass. How long do you think it would take to count them

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