Anabaptist Witness Blog

Welcome to our blog, a forum to foster discussion and share ideas from different corners of the Anabaptist world. It is regularly updated with short reflection pieces, reactions to articles, comments on current events relating to mission, and more. If you are interested in contributing, please review our guidelines and contact information.

AW Book Forum – Response to Sarah Augustine by Randy S. Woodley

By Randy S. Woodley | Posted on May 23, 2022

Read here the AW Book Forum Presentation on The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine Indigenous Old Testaments and Story – Response to Sarah Augustine by Randy S. Woodley I begin responding to Sarah’s words at the end of chapter six, Reimagining Our Theology.  The great unknown unfolds […]

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AW Book Forum – Response to Sarah Augustine by Tina Stoltzfus Schlabach

By Tina Stoltzfus Schlabach | Posted on May 16, 2022

Read here the AW Book Forum Presentation on The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine Response to Sarah Augustine by Tina Stoltzfus Schlabach I write this response to Sarah Augustine’s powerful book not as a scholar.  I write as a pastor and as an accompanier of people – […]

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AW Book Forum – Response to Sarah Augustine by T.J. Smith

By TJ Smith | Posted on May 9, 2022

Read here the AW Book Forum Presentation on The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine Response to Sarah Augustine by T.J. Smith As a Lakota, Winnebago, Cherokee man, being one who the shame of culture, being Indian, was prevalent in our family, this book struck home. I was […]

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The Power of Nonviolent Resistance

By Benjamin Isaak-Krauss | Posted on May 6, 2022

Unarmed people block tanks. Street signs are changed so that “F*ck you!” is written on them or all roads point to The Hague to the International Criminal Court. Videos circulate of Ukrainians offering to tow Russian soldiers stranded without fuel to Moscow, and pictures of Russian deserters being welcomed with tea and cheers. Across Europe, […]

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AW Book Forum – Response to Sarah Augustine by Wes Howard-Brook

By Wes Howard-Brook | Posted on May 3, 2022

Read here the AW Book Forum Presentation on The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine Response to Sarah Augustine by Wes Howard-Brook Sarah Augustine is a prophet. Like those of ancient Israel, she interweaves in her life and writing a passionate love of God, a passionate […]

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AW Book Forum Presentation – The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery by Sarah Augustine

By Luis Tapia | Posted on May 2, 2022

In our second Anabaptist Witness Book Forum, we want to share with you four responses to Sarah Augustine’s book The Land Is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery. In this work, Augustine unpacks the harm of the Doctrine of Discovery—a set of laws rooted in the fifteenth century that gave Christian […]

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Russian Orthodox Priests Call for New Leadership

By Johannes Reimer | Posted on April 25, 2022

The Russian Orthodox Church under pressure More than 400 Ukrainian Orthodox priests under the Moscow Patriarchate have called for an international tribunal on Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and official condemnation of his adherence to Russian nationalism, or the so-called “Russki Mir.” In an extended interview with a Ukrainian newspaper, the Orthodox priest Protoierei Andrey Pinchuk […]

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Walk Humbly

By Peter Wigginton | Posted on April 18, 2022

Do you know anyone personally that would raise their hand and joyfully accept Jesus’ demand of his disciples? I don’t mean declaring him Lord and Savior (Rom. 10:9-10), or loving your enemies (Matthew 5:44) or loving God (Mark 12:30). Those are all fine and good, commendable actually. We would be lost without all of this. […]

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Desencuentros  I/II

By Fernando Sandoval Guzmán | Posted on April 11, 2022

Bienaventurados los que procuran la paz, pues ellos serán llamados hijos de Dios. Mateo 5:13 Un día no volveremos a casa. Sólo esperamos que haya sido porque el Señor nos llamó a su presencia en medio de los que le aman. La participación de la iglesia menonita del centro de México en la Sexta brigada de búsqueda […]

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Anger, Lament, and Hope

By Richard Yoder | Posted on April 4, 2022

The events that have been unfolding in Afghanistan are impacting me deeply. I lived there for three formative years in the early 1970s and have done numerous consultancies there since, both during and after the years of Taliban rule. I’ve been having trouble sorting out my conflicting thoughts and feelings about these events. Below is […]

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