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Articles : June 18, 2007

Editorial

‘Naive’ peacemakers

As anyone familiar with peacemaking can attest, the search for mutual understanding can have a look of naivete, especially when some parties in the dialogue have unpeaceful associations to answer for.
Who’s fundamental?

Historian George Marsden said a fundamentalist is “an evangelical who’s angry about something.” The phrase might have fit Jerry Falwell. The May 15 death of the fiery Baptist preacher who led the religious right’s rise to political power prompted reflection on the influence of fundamentalism in America.

Feature

MCC thrift shops began at a tea party

WINNIPEG, Man. — An afternoon tea party 35 years ago in a small southern Manitoba town marked the beginning of a movement that affects the lives of people throughout the world.
Architect calls for ‘green’ Greensburg

WICHITA, Kan. — Not long after an F-5 tornado obliterated the small town of Greensburg on May 4, architect Chris Kliewer realized that amid the town’s devastation was a great opportunity.
To get a better Bible storybook, she wrote one

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eve MacMaster remembers that when her children were young she dug out the Bible storybook she’d loved as a child and got quite a surprise.
In New Orleans, MCC supports post-Katrina partnerships

AKRON, Pa. — Before Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, St. John Baptist Church in the Uptown area of New Orleans was a growing, thriving congregation with 300 members.
Set free

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Through unforeseen encounters, compassionate acts and prayer, a woman who served time for killing two men has become part of a Mennonite congregation.
Cooking up a Low German blessing

WINNIPEG, Man. — A Low German cookbook uses the language of food to reach out in faith to conservative Mennonites in Latin America.
Californians bridge diverse worlds, join Anabaptism

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Following God’s call has led George Makinto and Mukarabe Makinto-Inandava over mountains and through valleys in more than 60 countries. They pioneer rugged terrain to build bridges that bring worlds together.
Messages get attention and offer inspiration

HARRISONBURG, Va. — It’s hard to miss the striking sign for Weavers Mennonite Church along busy Rt. 33.