Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Business and economics

Jan. 23 issue

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  Goshen College student-run business steeped in Mennonite culture

  With just four simple ingredients, two Goshen College students are hoping to “create a culture” by brewing Menno Tea.

  “We don’t want to just have teas that taste good but have stories with meaning behind the teas,” said Hans Weaver, a junior from New Holland, Pa. “We want to bring people together and create community.”

Nov. 8, 2010 issue

• Thrift store has bargains — and a caring community

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Volunteers at the Gift and Thrift store at 731 Mount Clinton Pike enjoy not punching a time clock.

April 19, 2010 issue

• A better economic way?

  I’m not a trained economist — which you’ll soon recognize, if you haven’t previously. But these days, you hardly need to be one to know that something’s gone terribly wrong with the American and broader world economy.

• Offering the poor a ‘hand up’

  A Christmas gift received in 2008 continues to give joy to my wife, Darlene, and me.

Jan. 18, 2010 issue

• Shopping Sabbath?

  LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Shopping habits are changing, and Christian business owners are trying to keep up.

• Couple describe treating ‘affluenza’

  CALGARY, Alta. — While many North Americans worry about getting H1N1 influenza, few are concerned about catching a different kind of virus — affluenza.

Jan. 4, 2010 issue

• In cheap we trust

  In Cheap We Trust by Lauren Weber is a treatise on Americans’ proclivity to spend. Raised by a father who used tea bags 12 times and never turned the heat in their New England home higher than 50 degrees, Weber inherited his frugal outlook on life.

Nov. 30, 2009 issue

• Volunteers work to be self-sufficient

  SOUDERTON, Pa. — Volunteers fill many roles at Care & Share Thrift Shoppes.

Nov. 23, 2009 issue

• Giving thanks for having a home

  This Thanksgiving Day, my husband and I are packing boxes to prepare to move. We’ll have a meal with family Friday, and give thanks that we have a new apartment to move into after the bank takes possession of the foreclosed property where we have been renting.

Nov. 9, 2009 issue

• New Paraguay tannery linked to MEDA history

  ASUNCION, Paraguay — A new leather tannery is poised to boost the profile of Paraguayan Mennonites in the beef industry.

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