Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Jan. 9, 2006

Editorial

• When secrecy avoids accountability

  Revelations that President George W. Bush ordered secret wiretapping and surveillance of Americans by the National Security Agency — ostensibly as part of the war on terror — raise serious moral questions. Chief among these is whether the president legally can steer past the judicial system and order such surveillance of e-mail and phone transmissions without warrants being issued — warrants that observers say would be quickly forthcoming if sought.

Feature

• Life lessons

  KAMULI, Uganda — Margaret Taima and Stanley Wan­kona usually are two of the thousands huddled by radios on Saturday nights in this poor, rural area.

• MDS helps fishing village residents put their lives back together after storm

  BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — In this fishing village known as the seafood capital of Alabama, surging waters from Hurricane Katrina tossed enormous boats onto shore and roared through businesses and homes, causing catastrophic damage.

News

• Sunday dinners lead to urban ministry

  PAOLI, Ind. — Sunday dinner conversations and a desire to widen the congregation’s mission led Paoli Mennonite Church to start an urban ministry program 50 miles away.

• Responders field online faith queries

  HARRISONBURG Va. — When communicating their theology outside the denomination, Mennonites have some work to do, David A. Shank believes.

• Pastor in Mexico needs help with medical costs

  STEINREICH, Mexico — The director of a Bible school in the heart of Mennonite colony country in northern Mexico needs help paying medical expenses after he was seriously injured in a crop-dusting accident in September.

• MEA grants fund events to link church and school

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Mennonite Education Agency has awarded $13,100 through its Fund for Peoplehood Education to support five events that seek to bring the church and schools closer together.

• Martyr hymn sung in PBS program

  LANCASTER, Pa. — How does a 400-year-old hymn about an Anabaptist martyr make it to PBS? Glenn Lehman still doesn’t know, though he helped make it happen.

• Magic tricks lift spirits of Gulf Coast children

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mennonite magician and humorist Jep Hostetler took his bag of tricks to the Gulf Coast last month to lift the spirits of children in Hurricane Katrina’s destruction zone.

• Asian writers plan MWC World Fellowship Sunday

  STRASBOURG, France — Anabaptist-related churches around the world can experience solidarity in worship on Jan. 22, World Fellowship Sunday.

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