MWR : Articles : June 13, 2005

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Articles : June 13, 2005

What is truth, and who is telling it?

Pontius Pilate may have voiced life’s central paradox when he asked Jesus: “What is truth?” One response to Pilate’s joust is that Jesus himself is the truth personified. But what of earthly truth, which impacts our impressions of who and what Jesus is?

MC USA seed money challenge bears a variety of fruit

One wouldn’t ordinarily associate Christmas stockings with the story of Jesus multiplying loaves and fishes.
Father’s example helped worker through own trials

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ryan Nafziger’s father taught him how to live — and how to die.
Congregation that reinvented itself puts down roots in New Hampshire

DOVER, N.H. — Five years ago, a 175-year-old Mennonite church in Schwenksville, Pa., was faltering.

MDS gearing up for another destructive hurricane season

AKRON, Pa. — Mennonite Disaster Service is getting ready for a higher than normal number of hurricanes this year.
Ethiopian conference tops in membership

STRASBOURG, France — Ethiopia’s Meserete Kristos Church now has more baptized believers than any other national Mennonite-related conference in the world, according to the latest census figures.
Arizona gathering focuses on draft, CO status

TUCSON, Ariz. — Felicia Lowery knew her 17-year-old son did not believe in fighting or serving in the military.
AMBS alumni receive ministry, service awards

ELKHART, Ind. — Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary’s Alumni Ministry and Service Awards honor two graduates involved in many different kinds of ministries: Ann Gingrich of Goshen and E. Stanley Bohn of Newton, Kan.
Indonesians answer MCC’s call

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Three former participants of a Mennonite Central Committee International Visitor Exchange Program are the backbone of MCC’s efforts to assist victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami.
Students to produce assembly paper

When Duane Stoltzfus moved from an editor’s desk at The New York Times to become a communication professor at Goshen (Ind.) College, the word mPress didn’t exist in his spell check.