Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Laurie Oswald Robinson

Jan. 23 issue

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  Winding road of loss, love leads old friends together

  HESSTON, Kan. — After Roy Unruh lost two wives in tragic accidents, he struggled to trust that God would provide strength and courage to meet the trials that lay before him.

  But he never dreamed his path would include a third marriage, to Mildred Martens. Mildred was the best friend of his first wife, Delores, and also the wife of his best friend, the late Mel Martens.

Dec. 12, 2011 issue

• Can a church be born again?

  NEWTON, Kan. — Randy Smith, transitional pastor at First Mennonite Church in Halstead, doesn’t consider himself an expert on revitalization. But he does know one thing from experience: The revitalization journey is best taken with a discovery process in one hand and the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the other.

Nov. 21, 2011 issue

• MC USA health plan benefits church plants

  When Jerry and Lori Acosta of Mathias, Texas, came to Wichita, Kan., in August to help launch a Hispanic congregation, they did not have health insurance for themselves or their four sons.

Sept. 26, 2011 issue

• First African-American woman ordained by Lancaster Mennonite Conference

  As the first African-American woman ordained by Lancaster Mennonite Conference, Addie Banks received a multicolored prayer mantle that symbolized how God has stitched the tapestry of her life.

Sept. 12, 2011 issue

• MC USA reconfigures Newton office

  NEWTON, Kan. — During an open house Sept. 15, one of Mennonite Church USA’s three national offices will celebrate a transaction that brought new hope to the denomination and to a local congregation.

• Thrift store manager donates kidney to customer

  As manager at the Crowded Closet thrift store in Iowa City, Iowa, Connie Freyenberger had learned to roll with the daily drama: shoplifters scavenging for free stuff, homeless people searching for clean clothes, lonely people seeking to chat, well-off women wanting to recycle, the grieving and the sick needing prayer.

Aug. 1, 2011 issue

• MB congregation among those helped by MDS after flood in North Dakota

  MINOT, N.D. — Members of Bible Fellowship Church, a Mennonite Brethren congregation, were astounded by the height of the floodwater that ravaged their church building. They were even more amazed at the support offered by Mennonite Disaster Service.

July 18, 2011 issue

• Junior high: fun faith formation

  PITTSBURGH — The fun-loving energy at the junior high convention could fool some into thinking serious faith is just for adults.

• Moderator-elect molded by God

  PITTSBURGH — Elizabeth Soto Albrecht, the first Hispanic chosen as moderator-elect for Mennonite Church USA, believes God has called her to lead.

June 20, 2011 issue

• Women’s prison ministry keeps families together

  DENVER — Kindall, an inmate at Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, says she would have aborted her baby if it weren’t for prison and New Horizons Ministries.

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