Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Heart and Soul

Dec. 12, 2011 issue

• 

  Davis

  Caroling with an angel

  I ran across a photo stashed between some of my photo albums the other day.

  It was a scene from caroling last December. It included Laura and her son, Ethan, from my church. With the voice of an angel, Laura was one of our favorite soloists at church. There were other choir members in our group that night, so for once I was in a caroling group that sounded really good.

Nov. 7, 2011 issue

• Time for some deep cleaning

  In fall my thoughts turn to fall cleaning. If you are under 35 you will probably say, “What is that?”

July 18, 2011 issue

• The office smells like ink

  Many of you know that on July 1, Third Way Media, which I have worked for since 1975 (with various names), became MennoMedia. We have joined with Mennonite Publishing Network and consolidated in Harrisonburg, Va.

April 4, 2011 issue

• Day to worship

  Eve, my 5-year-old great-niece, has a way of getting to the truth of matters. Recently she asked her parents, “Why would somebody not go to church on ‘church day’? That’s just weird.”

Feb. 28, 2011 issue

• Venerable KJV

  I recently started trying to read the King James Version of the Bible through again. Why would anyone do that when so many more readable versions are available?

Nov. 15, 2010 issue

• 40-year reunion

  Perhaps you scoff, reunion schumunion: you either love ’em or you hate ’em. Most people don’t bother going. Who wants to see a reminder that you have aged another five, 10 or 20 years? Who wants to be reminded of the pain of the high school years? And why, for pete’s sake, bother to read about someone else’s reunion? Indulge me.

Nov. 8, 2010 issue

• Bonding at the dinner table

  A number of years ago I wrote a column on “Should families still bother to eat dinner together?” The response was swift and enthusiastic: “Yes, it is important to have dinner together!” “Hang on to dinner.”

Oct. 4, 2010 issue

• The interior worship service

  A lot goes on in a typical worship service — especially in the theater of my mind. It isn’t all good, I’m sad to say. Here’s my stream of consciousness (with names changed and situations camouflaged).

Aug. 16, 2010 issue

• Finding the way with God

  My daughter and her husband volunteered to let us use their global positioning system on our recent vacation to the New England states.

July 12, 2010 issue

• A day reserved for family

  I love Martin Marty as one loves a respected mentor. I always turned first to his column, “M.E.M.O,” in The Christian Century.

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