Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Nov. 10, 2008

Editorial

• The truth widely perceived

  Brands might seem like products of consumer culture, but everyone has them — even Mennonite churches, even Christianity in general.
  

Feature

• Visitors to celebrate new era in Vietnam

  When Betsy Headrick McCrae returns to Vietnam this month, she will celebrate the change that has come to the Vietnamese Mennonite community since she served there 10 years ago.

News

• Businessman shares story of captivity in Afghanistan

  Al Geiser spent 56 days thinking and praying, with only a set of worry beads and his memory to aid him. Captive in Afghanistan, he spent much of that time lying blindfolded with his body partly on earth, partly on rocks, under the open sky.

• Faith in ‘divine financier’ boosts church’s vision to expand

  PHILDELPHIA — Going on sabbatical during a multimillion-dollar ministry expansion requires Leonard Dow, pastor of Oxford Circle Mennonite Church, to practice the bold faith that comes with knowing God is the ultimate financier.

• ‘Gideon’s army’ gathers in India

  DELHI, India — As news of anti-Christian persecution in India spread, the International Missions Association canceled its annual Holy Spirit in Mission Conference and regional outreaches.

• Indians host mission training amid persecution

  DELHI, India — Simon Philip had grown up in a Christian family among the substantial Christian population in the state of Kerala in south India. Yet, he felt a call from God to move north.

• MCC launches multimillion-dollar appeal for southern Sudan

  AKRON, Pa. — Mennonite Central Committee is launching a 10-year, multimillion-dollar campaign to help people in southern Sudan recover from a devastating civil war.

• ‘More than survivors’

  GREENSBURG, Kan. — In the town a tornado destroyed, the Mennonite church is back.

Sunday School by Andres

• What matters most

  Paul is suffering. And he’s lonely. Because of his zeal for Jesus and the Message, Paul is buried so deep in prison that those who haven’t abandoned him out of fear must search long to find him. It won’t be long before he’s executed, and he knows it.

Heart and Soul

• Homemaking with Ella May

  I hope readers will forgive me for writing about another well-known Mennonite woman writer and speaker this month (I wrote about Christmas Carol Kauffman last time.) Ella May Miller, speaker on the Heart to Heart radio program for more than 18 years, died Oct. 26 at the age of 93.

World Neighbors

• Engraved on God’s hands

  Last month I spent 10 days creating an index for the new 620-page Christian Peacemaker Teams history, In Harm’s Way (Cascade Books 2008) and was struck by the dozens of people whose names appear only once in the book.

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