Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Sarah Kehrberg

Feb. 6 issue

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  The place to remember

  Church attendance is dwindling, and that concerns me. There is a church for every aesthetic, culture and creed, and yet fewer people are interested.

  This concerns many other Christians as well. “Why don’t they like us?” has inspired many discussions, sermons and magazine articles. But ultimately it is a mind-reading game.

Jan. 2 issue

• Givers of bread, not stones

  What fabrications they are, mothers … Now that I’ve been one myself, I know. — Margaret Atwood, Blind Assassin

Nov. 14, 2011 issue

• The darkness of doubt

  If You desire me to abide in darkness, may You be blessed. — Thomas à Kempis

Oct. 17, 2011 issue

• How to help a new mom

  “Well,” said Francis, “things are not very good around here anymore. No clothes to wear. No raisins for the oatmeal. I think maybe I’ll run away.” — Russell Hoban, A Baby Sister for Francis

Sept. 19, 2011 issue

• Where’s my generation gone?

  It is an obvious and uncomfortable fact that churches in America are not growing.

Aug. 1, 2011 issue

• Childlike faith not so simple

  Our goal will be to recover our original freedom, our childlike (but never childish) wisdom. It will be difficult to lose our adult self-consciousness. — Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk

June 20, 2011 issue

• Is our procreation selfish?

  We just want to make having babies more of an embarrassment. Like smoking’s an embarrassment. — Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

March 14, 2011 issue

• Luck of the pot

  What a supper awaited them — stewed chicken with waffles and gravy, candied sweet potatoes, creamed sweet corn … — Joseph Yoder, Rosanna of the Amish

Feb. 21, 2011 issue

• Song of Zion all around us

  [Lord], you’ve given me everything I need. What can I do for you? You gave me eyes that I can see. What can I do for you? — Bob Dylan

Dec. 13, 2010 issue

• Santa’s coming to town

  Brown paper packages tied up with strings; these are a few of my favorite things. — Oscar Hammerstein

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