Articles : Nov. 14, 2011
Editorial
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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.
Letters
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Coverage of rapes
About the handling of the news of the rapes at Manitoba Colony in Bolivia (“Improbable Crime,” Viewpoint, Oct. 24): First, these people are communal. Shame to one is felt as shame on all because they identify with one another so closely. Wouldn’t the victims also be shamed by their faces being publicized? Women in particular feel physically vio- lated and exposed, and the men humiliated because the victims were their wives and daughters.
News
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Hope for orphans in Ukraine
In much of Ukraine, hopelessness among adults has darkened the future of its youth.
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History, mission go arm in arm to tell global story
ELKHART, Ind. — A new Mennonite narrative has been created.
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MC USA responds to appeal from Palestinians
ELKHART, Ind. — In December 2009, after years of prayer, struggle and anguish, Palestinian Christian leaders spoke with one voice to the global body of Christ in an 11-page appeal, “Kairos Palestine: A Moment of Truth.”
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Delegation from MWC joins Dutch celebration
ELSPEET, the Netherlands — In a visit punctuated by humor and joy, a five-person “koinonia” delegation of Mennonite World Conference got to know their Dutch brothers and sisters in September.
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Goshen College ends Mennonite faculty quota
The Goshen College board of directors has changed a religious requirement in the school’s faculty hiring policy, joining the majority of U.S. Mennonite colleges that do not set a Mennonite or Anabaptist quota.
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Hesston’s Thanksgiving event is a running tradition
HESSTON, Kan. — Like most holiday celebrations, Thanksgiving Weekend at Hesston College is full of tradition.
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MC USA leaders look at convention participation
HALIFAX, Pa. — At the fall meeting of Mennonite Church USA’s Constituency Leaders Council Oct. 24-26 at Camp Hebron, leaders from across the United States gathered to reflect on the denomination’s recent convention and look forward to the next one.
Sunday School by Yamasaki
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Why worry?
For Labor Day this year, one of the members of my congregation offered to write and direct a play on a work-related theme. I thought it was an ambitious project — a 20-minute drama to stand in place of a sermon, with four main characters and two smaller roles, with rehearsals taking place during the last weeks of summer, presented on the Sunday of a long weekend. Was that all doable? Could she and we really pull that off? I was excited to see what God would do!
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