DownloadArticles : May 18, 2009
Congregations
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‘God, Our Rock’
Our theme for Lent was “God, Our Rock,” focusing upon the ways God is our refuge, redeemer, savior and friend.
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Volunteers, visitors
Al Walczak died as a result of a March 12 accident. Survivors: his wife, Carol; brother Robert; two children; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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What the cross means to us
Twelve people attended Stewardship University in Lancaster, Pa., March 7 for courses on time, talent, environment and money.
Editorial
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‘Not in my name’ — and the next step
Folk singer John McCutcheon, a favorite of Mennonite audiences, wrote a song in 2001 called “Not in My Name.” It’s not outdated yet.
Feature
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Bluffton crash survivor graduates
BLUFFTON, Ohio — On graduation day, Tim Berta walked.
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Joyful Easter at Philadelphia church
PHILADELPHIA — “We should celebrate Easter more than we celebrate Christmas,” said Pastor Heraldo Siahaan of Philadelphia Praise Center on Easter Sunday, April 12.
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Loans aid Palestinians in Jordan
WADI RAYAN, Jordan — Every day Ratiba Abdula goes out to the garden to pick thyme.
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MEDA casts a wider net to save lives in Tanzania
WATERLOO, Ont. — Mennonite Economic Development Associates is on the front lines of a $21 million project in Tanzania to get children sleeping under life-protecting malaria nets.
Letters
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Biblical context
Robert Kauffman refers to “the cultural and historical context” of the creation of the Bible’s beliefs and behaviors but does not address it. Permit me to summarize volumes. That context was one of a small faith minority’s seeking (and failing) to obey the will of the unique, anti-idolatrous, ethical monotheism of the “I AM” of redemption and creation. It was a life-and-death conflict with its world’s dominating cultures of idolatrous, polytheistic, sexual vitalism — divinized as Eros in Greece. Jesus the Messiah fulfills the will of his Father/I AM through his birth, baptism, life, teachings, death, resurrection, reign, Spirit anointing and hope of the kingdom of God.
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Writings on identity
It’s almost as if Mennonite Mission Network, Mennonite Weekly Review and The Mennonite got their heads together, having recently published each in its turn: an incisive booklet, a perceptive editorial and a penetrating article. What an important complement for our spiritual welfare, with one essential message: reminding us as Mennonites about our rich heritage, and how and where we differ from other respected denominational traditions. This triad includes Palmer Becker’s What Is an Anabaptist Christian? (Missio Dei series, No. 18); Paul Schrag’s editorial, “Letting Go of Christendom” (MWR, April 27); and John Howard Yoder’s “The Church and Economics After Christendom: Brief Theological Considerations” (The Mennonite, May 5).
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Mennonite groups and other Anabaptists.
