Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Jan. 29, 2007

Editorial

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  A peace chief’s journey of faith

  There is no story in North America more epic, or more misrepresented by the dominant white culture, than the Native American story. Occasionally, however, someone gets it right, probably because they make room for both Native and white viewpoints, and their authentic voices, to have a fair hearing. And Raylene Hinz-Penner gets it right in her new book about Southern Cheyenne peace chief and Mennonite pastor Lawrence Hart.

  This is because Searching for Sacred Ground: The Journey of Chief Lawrence Hart, Mennonite (Cascadia Publishing House, 2007) does not pretend to be a scholarly, authoritative account of Hart’s impressive, perhaps unprecedented, amalgam of a life, embracing both traditional Cheyenne culture and Christianity. Instead, it is an open, unembarrassed account of the author’s encounter with Hart and her own very personal journey to understanding his rare and evocative story.

Feature

• European leaders face challenges

  KARLSRUHE, Germany — Hope for the future, keen public interest in Anabaptism, surprising church growth, new enthusiasm and challenges highlighted reports from seven countries when 20 Mennonite church leaders from conferences in Europe gathered in December for their annual meeting.

• AMBS campaign raises $20.4 million

  ELKHART, Ind. — With the opening of a new library and campus center only months away, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary has completed its Next Generation fund-raising campaign, reaching the goal of $20.4 million in cash and pledges.

• Church celebrates Katrina cleanup efforts

  GULFPORT, Miss. — Members of Gulfhaven Mennonite Church burned the mortgage on their church building during a celebration Jan. 12-14, a gathering that would have happened in 2005 had Hurricane Katrina not intervened.

• The aging enrich the church

  Want your church to grow over the next four decades? It might help to attract, among others, people who are age 65 and older.

News

• Attorney nominated as MC USA moderator-elect

  MERIDIAN, Miss. — Edward Diller admits it might seem “semi-strange” that an attorney would be chosen to serve Mennonite Church USA as its moderator-elect.

• Practices weave faith into daily life

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Today’s culture is a smorgasbord where everything is interesting but nothing matters, according to the keynote speaker at Eastern Mennonite Seminary’s annual School for Leadership Training.

• Pioneer women broadcasters honored

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Two women who were likely the first in the Mennonite Church to have their own syndicated radio broadcast were honored for their pioneering work Jan. 17.

• Fundraiser’s goal to link resources, passions

  WINNIPEG, Man. — As a youth, Al Rempel remembers watching his father write out a check for the church on Sunday morning.

• Where are the war protesters?

  Nearly four years into U.S. combat in Iraq, the antiwar movement has yet to generate the kind of mass protest seen during the Vietnam War.

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