Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Editorial

March 15 issue

• Portrait of war’s addiction

  Every realistic war movie can be viewed as an antiwar movie, though not necessarily because the filmmakers intend it to be. The Hurt Locker, best picture winner at the Academy Awards on March 7, betrays no agenda.

March 8 issue

• Demise of the death penalty?

  Kansas Mennonites’ campaign to end the death penalty in their state this winter ended in disappointment. But capital punishment is losing ground nationally and around the world. Peace­mak­ing Christians are adding their voices as the movement to end executions gathers strength.

March 1 issue

• Lessons of Lent, promise of Easter

  As we are marked with ashes, we remember the palm fronds we waved as we danced around the sanctuary last year on Palm Sunday to commemorate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Feb. 22 issue

• Debate with a measure of grace

  Goshen (Ind.) College’s decision to play the national an­them at some sporting events has generated a flurry of discussion on Mennonite Weekly Review’s Web site. By Feb. 11, readers had posted more than 50 comments on a news story and an editorial.

Feb. 15 issue

• Purposeful agents of change

  Change is constant but hard to control. Technological progress, economic cycles and cultural trends will sweep us along unless we take charge of our own choices.
  

Feb. 8 issue

• The national anthem and Christ’s lordship

  Having flown a U.S. flag on campus for decades, Goshen (Ind.) College plans to play an instrumental version of the national anthem before some sports events as well.

Feb. 1 issue

• Pulling a nation from the ruins

  Haiti owns the unfortunate label of “poorest nation in the western hemisphere.” That may be true financially, but money is not the sole measure of wealth. Haitians are rich in courage, generosity and resilience. These qualities, evident in the days after the Jan. 12 earthquake, hold the key to Haiti’s recovery.
  

Jan. 18 issue

• Power of God and of story

  Peter J. Dyck may have owed his life to Mennonite Central Committee, and he repaid the debt many times over.
  

Jan. 11 issue

• 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.

Jan. 4 issue

• Spiritual gift of the MB church

  If Mennonites are a body with many parts — each with its own gift, as 1 Corinthians 12 says — the Mennonite Brethren are the ones with the gift of letting the Spirit move them to release what they feel inside.

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