Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Washington Witness

Sept. 6 issue

• Better way to feed the future

  Mennonites love Matt. 25:31-46. I memorized much of it for a skit when I was a Goshen College student. Jesus’ teaching couldn’t be much clearer: The mark of righteousness is giving food to the hungry, water to the thirsty and clothing to the naked.

July 5 issue

• Congo’s bittersweet birthday

  This summer, the Democratic Republic of Congo turns 50. In 1960, Belgium abruptly transferred its colonial keys and declared Congo independent.

March 22 issue

• Debate that didn’t happen

  By the time this article goes to print, health care reform may have already passed. But it is just as likely to be stuck somewhere in Congress.

Jan. 4 issue

• Women: face of HIV/AIDS

  The toll on women and girls presents Africa and the world with a practical and moral challenge, which places gender at the centre of the human condition. The practice of ignoring gender analysis has turned out to be lethal.

Sept. 28, 2009 issue

• Healing the health system

  Healing played an important role in Jesus’ ministry. Many of the miracles Jesus performed involved healing the sick and lame — the paralytic brought through the roof, the Roman centurion’s servant, the widow’s only son, the woman who touched Jesus’ cloak.

July 6, 2009 issue

• Congo’s conflict minerals

  The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy and have extorted from the foreigner without redress. And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one. — Ezekiel 22:29-30

May 25, 2009 issue

• Random acts of gun violence

  A few weeks ago, as I waited for a bus in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown, five teenagers — three girls and two boys — clashed over a tacky, pink and silver backpack.

March 23, 2009 issue

• Hard times, hard choices

  My brother-in-law is a terrific guy. He is just the kind of person you would want to marry your only sister — smart, kind, generous, funny.

Dec. 22, 2008 issue

• A weapon that kills civilians

  Suraj Ghulam Habib, 17, of Afghanistan lost both his legs when he found a cluster bomb that he mistook for a can of food. He and five members of his family were walking home from a picnic when the bomb exploded. Suraj’s cousin was killed instantly, and everyone else was injured by the blast.

Nov. 24, 2008 issue

• Modern-day prodigal sons

  You’ve probably heard a version of this story before:

  A rich businessman wrote his will, dividing his wealth equally between his two sons. The younger son, a worldly lad, asked his father for his share immediately, and the kind father consented.

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