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Feb. 13 issue

Iowa Supreme Court sides with Mennonites in steel wheels case

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a group of Old Order Mennonites on Feb. 3 in a case involving their use of steel wheels on tractors.

Mitchell County had passed an ordinance barring vehicles with steel wheels from driving on paved highways, punishable with a fine of $500, 30 days in jail or both, possibly with the addition of costs to repair the road. The county spent nearly $16 million paving roads since 2009 and passed the law to protect the investment.

Feb. 6 issue

PBS film on Amish made with respect (preview included)

A landmark documentary on Amish faith and life will debut on PBS at the end of February. The two-hour film is a production of American Experience, television’s most-watched history series.
Honduran Mennonite pastor murdered

Rafael Erasmo Arevalo, 42, a Mennonite pastor in Honduras, was attacked and killed after leading an evening worship service in Veracruz on Jan. 22.
MCC staff in Pennsylvania dealt layoffs

As Mennonite Central Committee’s five-year revisioning and restructuring process ends, dozens of employees, many of them in Akron, Pa., will lose their jobs.
Hope for future trumps angst, guilt of the past

CHICAGO — Nelson Okanya cried out to God to grant desperation to the North American Mennonite church.
MennoMedia looks to do more with less

Successful books and new strategies are stoking optimism that MennoMedia is making the years of financial crisis in Mennonite publishing a thing of the past.
Vincent Harding considers what we need to do now to prepare for a multiracial democracy

ELKHART, Ind. — Vincent Harding suggested we are still on the march to a multiracial society at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary Jan. 16-17.
Theologian warns of accumulation seduction

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Beware of seduction by accumulation. That was one of the issues explored by Walter Brueggemann, a world-renowned Old Testament scholar, in talks to as many as 700 people gathered at Eastern Mennonite University Jan. 16-18.

Jan. 23 issue

Asians strengthen Anabaptist identity

KOLKATA, India — Strengthening Anabaptist identity, learning more about Mennonite World Conference and proposing priorities for the future were the main issues for Asian members of the MWC General Council at a training session for the Asia Caucus.
Conrad Grebel launches master of peace studies

WATERLOO, Ont. — Culminating more than a decade of dreaming and a year of intense work, Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo announced the launch of a new master of peace and conflict studies program in December.