Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Laurie Oswald Robinson

Aug. 23 issue

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  Photo by Laurie Oswald Robinson

  Rest for the soul

  THREE RIVERS, Mich. — Ron Kennel needed a place to slow down. The now-retired Mennonite pastor found that refuge at The Hermitage in the southwestern Michigan woods.

  “I had a history of depression, and after that I was hospitalized for heart problems,” said Kennel, now a member of College Mennonite Church in Goshen, Ind. “I knew it was time to take another direction. I came to The Hermitage with nothing but my Bible, my pen and my journal. I had to separate myself away from work and agendas.”

July 12 issue

• A new look at difference Jesus makes

  MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. — It is no coincidence that Eden Mennonite Church is using Jesus Matters as the basis for a sermon and Sunday school series this summer.

June 21 issue

• Congo welcomes a lost son

  As the plane descended in 2006 during an inland flight in Congo, Ron Goertz­en of Henderson, Neb., felt sorry he had not returned sooner.

May 17 issue

• Camp shaped N.Y. pastoral couple

  Hyacinth Banks Stevens admits she didn’t like going to Camp Deerpark as a child. But in junior high, something happened to change her heart.

• New York camp serves the city

  When rural Iowan Ken Bontrager moved to New York City to serve at Camp Deerpark, he learned camping near the city is very different from camping near a cornfield.

April 26 issue

• Freedom to learn set life’s path

  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Growing up on a farm near Haven, Kan., Ken Bontrager’s love of books helped him cope with not being as physically strong as his four brothers.

April 19 issue

• Building ‘dove’s nests’ to stop abuse

  After Julie Prey-Harbaugh was abused by a youth pastor, she healed by telling her story.

April 5 issue

• Generosity crosses cultures

  When Jeff Wintermote, pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church in Hillsboro, Kan., bought a wall-hanging from a Hmong woman in Thailand, he did more than help provide her year’s earnings.

March 1 issue

• Arizona agency offers home, friends

  GLENDALE, Ariz. — As Donna and Fred Klitzke helped their developmentally disabled daughter, Anna, move into a residence provided by Goldensun Peace Ministries, they felt hope and relief.

• Honeymooning at Goldensun

  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Two days after they were married last June, Jared and Angela Stauffer Widmer came to Glendale to “honeymoon” as housemates to developmentally disabled women.

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