To Resolve or Not to Resolve: The Happy Better Year
The end of the year is when people begin to reflect back on the events that occurred in the previous...
Away From Home; Christmas in America
There was no snow in the streets. Around five o’clock my parents and my brother left our apartment...
A “new” Mennonite finds passion in old songs
I was neither raised Mennonite nor singing hymns, yet today I find myself ascribing whole-heartedly...
A vegetable world: the art of eating meatless
Garlic, green onions and fresh tomatoes sizzled in olive oil on the stove in Ida Short’s kitchen...
The secret life of an usher
They rip your ticket, enlighten you as to where your seat is, bustle about during intermission and...
For the love of John’s gospel
Dr. Jo-Ann Brant is a professor at Goshen College, and chair of the department of Bible, religion...
Still walking barefoot, eight thousand miles from home
More than 8,910 miles from home, Siddath Ratnatunga, a freshman from Sri Lanka, sits in Java...
Call me what you will
Some of you have probably glanced unintentionally at my Goshen ID laying carelessly on a table in...
Conference shows UN and MCC differences
The bearded man spoke with utter compassion, his voice trembling as he recounted the devastation he...
Media Bias and the Government Shutdown
I follow the news, sometimes. Almost everyone does. So when I heard about the government shutdown I...
Goshen Monologues
“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made...
Togetherness and a Plane Crash
I had always known about the LANSA flight 502 plane crash on August 9, 1970 that killed 99 of the...
Queer erasure and representation in Gadfly
When I came out in The Record a little over a year ago, I knew it wouldn’t be the last time I came...
On changing the cycle of violence
What are we supposed to do in the face of men’s violence against women? How are we supposed to...
A Modern Clash of Civilizations
Hi, I’m Martin. I’m from a farm in rural, Christian Kansas. And I’m Mohammad. I’m from...
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