Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Marlin Jeschke

June 7 issue

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  16 lives on journeys of faith

  On my desk is Continuing the Journey: The Geography of Our Faith — Mennonite Stories Integrating Faith and Life and the World of Thought, edited by Nancy V. Lee, published by Cascadia, 2009, 404 pages, $23.95.

  This book is the second volume of memoirs by members of Eastern Mennonite University’s Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society. ACRS offers “space for discourse of the elders,” according to Ray Ginge­rich, editor of the memoirs series. The group’s purpose is the “promotion of an Anabaptist understanding of church, community and higher education” and the “recovery of Anabaptism as essential to the survival of our church institutions.”

March 29 issue

• Ethicist defined his church

  On my desk is War, Peace, and Social Conscience: Guy F. Hershberger and Social Ethics by Theron F. Schla­bach, published by Herald Press, 2009, 724 pages, $39.99.

Jan. 4 issue

• Making sense of Revelation

  On my desk is Revelation: Making Sense of Its Message in the 21st Century by John M. Miller, published by Leola Publisher (2255 New Holland Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601, phone 717-798-3663, e-mail LeolaPublisher@comcast.net), 2009, $21.97.

Oct. 12, 2009 issue

• Change for better

  As Janet Plenert says in “Ashamed, But Hopeful in Christ,” there are more than enough shameful things missions to indigenous peoples have done in the past — and may be doing still today — that need to be repented of. But my reading and observation indicate that what the Mennonites of the Paraguayan Chaco have done is commendable. They are permitting the indigenous peoples to acculturate at their own speed, offering help as it is wanted or needed.

Jan. 26, 2009 issue

• Principles for ethical choices

  A helpful book for congregational use is All Right Now: Finding Consensus on Ethical Questions, by Timothy J. Geddert, published by Herald Press, 2008, 230 pages, $16.99.

Oct. 6, 2008 issue

• Christian reasons not to vote

  On my desk is Electing Not to Vote: Christian Reflections on Reasons for Not Voting, edited by Ted Lewis, published by Cascade Books, Eugene, Ore., 2008, 140 pages, $17.

Sept. 1, 2008 issue

• Blueprint for political action

  In The Scandal of Evangelical Politics: Why Are Christians Missing the Chance to Really Change the World? (Baker Books, 2008) Ron Sider, a Mennonite theology professor, author and president of Evangelicals for Social Action, offers to educate evangelicals on sound political involvement.

April 28, 2008 issue

• Memoir of war and new life

  On my desk is In Growing Up in Turbulent Times by Waldemar Janzen, published by Canadian Mennonite University Press, Winnipeg, Man., 2007, 290 pages, $29.

Sept. 17, 2007 issue

• Amish diversity explained

  On my desk is Plain Diversity: Amish Culture and Identities by Stephen Nolt and Thomas Meyers, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007, 256 pages, $48.

July 2, 2007 issue

• Engaging God’s ‘plan B’

  In Politics Under God (Herald Press, 2007, 224 pages, $11.99) John H. Rede­kop encourages Christians toward discriminating involvement in politics. “Historically … Mennonites have stressed conscientious objection,” he writes. “The time has come to stress conscientious participation.” However, he notes, “Christians should get involved only to the extent that Christian discipleship allows.”

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