Bruderhof Closes Its Plough Publishing House

Plough Publishing House, for decades the public voice of the New York-based Bruderhof Communities, went on what has been termed a “hiatus” Nov. 14. The Bruderhof, which has 3,000 members living in 10 Christian intentional communities in the United States,...

The Person Who Was a Message

Media critic Marshall McLuhan said in 1964 that “the medium is the message.” He was talking about television. The most important thing about TV, McLuhan suggested, is not the messages it delivers but the way it delivers them. TV changes the way people...

A War With a Face We Can Recognize

Somewhere in Baghdad this evening, an Iraqi family sits down to their nightly iftar meal, breaking the daylong Ramadan fast that began at dawn. If they are fortunate, they are able to afford a festive meal at least a few times during the holy month. Still, for many...

Humbly Giving Thanks

At Thanksgiving, we usually give thanks for material things. We may even be tempted to express gratitude with a self-righteous attitude. Instead, we need a mindset of humility and an emphasis on the spiritual blessings that have made it possible for us to have a...

‘Christian Living’ Ends After 49 Years

SCOTTDALE, Pa. – After a 49-year run, Christian Living magazine will cease publication with its December issue – another casualty of the financial crisis at Mennonite Publishing House. Christian Living has brought voices from across the...