MWR : Articles : Jan. 11

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Articles : Jan. 11

Bead for life

Births: Annabelle Elise, Nov. 11, to Steve and Steph Miller; Payton Elizabeth, Oct. 20, to Bill and Misty Jones.
Centennial celebration

HMC celebrated its centennial with events Oct. 3-4 and Nov. 27-29.
Sleep out for homeless

Zion’s eighth annual Fall Festival was held on Oct. 10. Music was provided by the bluegrass group Blades of Grass from Maryland. The proceeds were divided between Keystone Opportunity Center and Morning Star Ministries, which provides a home for pregnant women in Souderton.

The environment and the poor

Nations with high greenhouse-gas output have a challenging New Year’s resolution: prepare action plans by the end of January for reducing their emissions.

Churches to end ‘yoked fellowship’

Two Iowa congregations that maintained a “yoked fellowship” for 40 years must now figure out how to unyoke.
MCC teaches new job skills to former sex workers in Bangladesh

Piya was forced into a marriage with an unfaithful man.
Timeless word on war, peace

John Howard Yoder is one of the best-known Mennonite thinkers on peace.

Response tentative to rapes in Bolivia

The story of Mennonite men drugging and raping women on Old Colony Mennonite settlements in Bolivia hit the news last summer, from local Spanish papers to The Guardian Weekly in the United Kingdom.

Seats at the table

“He who has not traveled thinks his mother cooks best.” So says an African proverb. As I read Mennonite Weekly Review, I see numerous articles written by people raised in or living in North America. I appreciated reading words from Victor Perez of Paraguay, Nellie Mlotshwa of Zimbabwe, Yesya Abdi of Indonesia and Calixte Bananzaro of Burkina Faso in MWR’s Quotes from 2009. How much time will pass in the New Year before a writer from South America, Asia or Africa is invited to submit an entire article for publication?
Taxed for war

Harold A. Penner found nuggets of hope and inspiration in the Nov. 30 MWR. His call is for greater honesty when making ethical decisions. The waste we condone with our Empire’s war taxes is horrendous. Our Christian heritage affirms allegiance to love, community and respect. But the “principalities and powers” exploit our individual and corporate resources.