Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Paul Schrag

Feb. 6 issue

• Biblical violence: God’s or ungodly?

  Pacifist Christians can’t avoid the problem of violence in the Old Testament. So when Anabaptist Bible scholars debate a controversial answer, they’ve got our attention.

Jan. 16 issue

• A unique stand against militarism

  Among Republicans running for president, Ron Paul stands out as the anti-militarist candidate. For those who look back with regret on a dec­ade of foreign intervention, Paul’s rejection of recent wars — as well as a currently contemplated one — is part of his appeal.

Jan. 2 issue

• To redeem the time, be a servant

  After ending the year by celebrating God’s coming to Earth in the flesh, we tack up a new calendar with the hopeful thought that Jesus is still with us in spirit “to the very end of the age” (Matt. 28:20).

Dec. 19, 2011 issue

• Year in Review: Crime, punishment, wounded communities

  Two Mennonite communities that could not have been more different — a U.S. college campus and a Bolivian col­ony that shuns modern ways — reeled from horrifying crimes in 2011.

Dec. 5, 2011 issue

• The mystery of a big God

  Open the blue hymnal, and there it is on the first page: mystery. “Words from afar, stars that are falling, sparks that are sown in us like seed. Names for our God, dreams, signs and wonders, sent from the past are what we need.”

Nov. 14, 2011 issue

• Gifts from the land of Menno

  By numbers alone, Dutch Mennonites occupy a small space in the global church. Their 9,000 members account for 14 percent of European Mennonites, who in turn make up 4 percent of the world’s 1.67 million Ana­baptists.

Oct. 31, 2011 issue

• The outcry against inequity

  The Occupy Wall Street movement taps frustration that runs deeper than anger at economic injustice. The widening gulf between the wealthiest and everyone else is more than a financial problem. When hopes and dreams shrink as inequality grows, people feel a void in the soul as well as the pocketbook.

Oct. 17, 2011 issue

• Two truths that need each other

  Christian writer G.K. Chesterton said a paradox is a truth standing on its head to get attention. When two ideas clash, yet both are true, the debate might never end.

Oct. 3, 2011 issue

• Death penalty worth a struggle

  The crowd demanded execution. “Crucify him!” they shouted. The governor of Judea protested, as he had done twice before. But the shouts continued. Reluctantly, Pontius Pilate condemned the Jewish preacher to death.

Sept. 19, 2011 issue

• Look back to source of peace

  Looking back on the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Americans re­membered a day that linked religion and violence. To some, the connection was simple. The hijackers were Muslims, spurred by their faith to target innocent people, so Islam was to blame.
  

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