Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Marriage and family

April 4, 2011 issue

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  MCC helps Brazil churches confront domestic abuse

  AKRON, Pa. — Ana Lúcia’s husband frequently beats her. When he threatened to kill her, the 30-year-old woman, a member of an evangelical church in Brazil’s northeast state of Pernambuco, shared her situation with church sisters.

  “They told me a demon was behind it and that I should pray and fast,” Lúcia said.

Nov. 15, 2010 issue

• Unhappy with children?

  *Single girl, single girl, going

Nov. 8, 2010 issue

• For some, divorce is not an evil, but a lifeboat

  While domestic violence occurs in all socio-economic, ethnic and religious communities, there is something particularly heinous about its occurrence in Christian communities that claim a high view of the Bible.

Nov. 1, 2010 issue

• Created for relationships

  We recognize that God has created human beings for relationship. — Mennonite Church USA

Sept. 13, 2010 issue

• Churches urged to act to protect children

  Pastor Steve Goering remembers Mennonite churches in the 1980s lacked policies to prevent sexual abuse and provide ways to heal. Unprepared congregations kept secrets, and victims suffered in silence.

Aug. 16, 2010 issue

• An unbroken cord

  “And I guess that’s how you started, like a pinprick to my heart; and at this point you rush right through me and I start to drown.”

Aug. 2, 2010 issue

• A bigger family

  According to cliché, for loving fathers of the bride, weddings are bittersweet. In bad sentimental dramas, they’re consoled: “You’re not losing a daughter; you’re gaining a son.”

July 12, 2010 issue

• A day reserved for family

  I love Martin Marty as one loves a respected mentor. I always turned first to his column, “M.E.M.O,” in The Christian Century.

July 5, 2010 issue

• A sacred ideal

  Daughter Aimee is marrying Michael on July 3. They met at church, have been friends 15 years, became high school sweethearts six years ago, seem head-over-heels. They’ve got a good shot.

May 3, 2010 issue

• All children equal

  My heart broke when I heard about the horrible car crash in Kentucky, and my thoughts and prayers are for this family, their church and their community.

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