Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Everyday Peacebuilding

Jan. 23 issue

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  Forgiveness norms

  In my last column I said forgiveness isn’t seasonal. It should be embodied as a permanent part of us. Forgiveness isn’t like a prescription, kept on the shelf in a closet, available in case we need to take a dose.

  Peter seemed to share that idea; he suggested to Jesus that seven doses of forgiveness should be adequate. Jesus said to be prepared to take 70 times that amount.

Oct. 17, 2011 issue

• The pain and the promise

  In Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me), authors Carol Tavris and Eliot Aronson examine our propensity to blame others when things don’t go well.

Aug. 8, 2011 issue

• Scripture under microscope

  The Mennonite Church USA convention last month included the Pittsburgh Experiment. The goal was to focus on what unites us and to show love when we disagree. Part of the experiment was a conversation room, a place to discuss controversial issues in a safe, prayerful environment.

May 2, 2011 issue

• Hearts turned toward love

  The closing words of the Old Testament from the Book of Malachi read, “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

April 4, 2011 issue

• Throwing acid on the enemy

  After the shooting in Tucson, Ariz., in January that resulted in several deaths and a near-lethal injury to congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a word often heard in the media was “vitriol.”

March 7, 2011 issue

• They don’t serve bread here

  Life is not defined so much by the events we experience as by the attitude with which we respond to those events.

Feb. 7, 2011 issue

• Radical openness to God

  This year’s School for Leadership Training at Eastern Mennonite Seminary entertained a powerful question, “What do the fresh new forms of the work of the Spirit look like in our time?”

Oct. 25, 2010 issue

• Almost nothing’s easy at first

  This column hasn’t appeared for a while because in July we moved from North Newton, Kan., to Lancaster County, Pa.

June 7, 2010 issue

• Where’s a model of civility?

  The U.S. government has become so polarized that politicians seem incapable of finding their way to constructive decisions.

April 19, 2010 issue

• We insiders shut others out

  As I pulled into a parking space at the grocery store, I noticed the car beside me had its parking lights on.

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