MWR : Articles : April 16, 2007

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Articles : April 16, 2007

Graven images and homeland ‘security’

The Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, aside from defeating Custer at the Little Bighorn, was known for his enigmatic refusal to be photographed. As he reputedly said: “First you steal my land; now you would steal my shadow.” For a man of his stature to be photographed would have been, to many Lakota, a great spiritual affront.

For Virginia family, lessons in waiting

HARRISONBURG, Va. — The past four years, Dave and Sheri Smucker have had numerous lessons in learning to wait — and then waiting some more.
House becomes gift to MCC

KINGMAN, Kan. — Not far from the land where he grew up, Don Schrag spent years planning and building the house he would live in after he retired.
Photo laws complicate many lives

To navigate obscure corners of the law, it helps to know the right person — even for a conservative Mennonite trying to avoid having a picture taken for a driver’s license.

MB missiologist, mission worker in India dies

Paul G. Hiebert, former Mennonite Brethren missionary to India and internationally recognized missiologist, died of cancer March 11. He was 74.
Hesston team plays basketball in prison

HESSTON, Kan. — Playing a team of medium-security prisoners was challenging in a number of ways for the Hesston College men’s basketball team.
Russians move to heal Soviet-era church split

DONETSK, Ukraine — Prayers by “heroes of faith” who endured Soviet-era repression of Christianity signaled a breakthrough in reconciling a painful, decades-old church split.
MCC sends aid to war-torn Sri Lanka

AKRON, Pa. — More than two years after a tsunami devastated coastal communities in Sri Lanka, a civil war is creating similar humanitarian needs and prompting a response from Mennonite Central Committee.
Street musicians joins distinguished scholars

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — At first glance, a formerly homeless street musician might seem out of place among some of the greatest Christian thinkers of recent decades.
MDS wraps up work in Alabama fishing village

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Thirty minutes southwest of Mobile, this coastal fishing community is well on its way to recovery from the destruction left by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.