Articles : World Neighbors
May 13 issue
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Muslim disciples of Jesus?
Almost any time a movement to Jesus begins within a culture, it could be defined as an insider movement. Missiologist Timothy Tennent recently wrote, “Members of [insider] movements trust in Christ as their Lord and Savior but choose to remain within their … home cultures.”
April 1 issue
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Idle No More
Since October, the Idle No More movement has been sweeping across the First Nations in Canada. Started in response to a parliamentary bill that eroded indigenous treaty rights, the movement has brought to light many issues Canada had long left unaddressed: violence against indigenous women, deliberate weakening of the principles of collective land ownership, and resource exploitation on indigenous lands, among others. The movement has supporters all over the world.
Feb. 18 issue
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Do Israel’s weapons provide real security?
Visitors to the Holy Land often find the prevalence of guns here shocking. Israelis on the streets of Jerusalem, in and out of uniform, commonly carry assault rifles, often decked out with scopes, bipods, flash lights — even grenade launchers. In the West Bank town of Bethlehem where I live, Palestinian police carry big guns too, usually shabby Kalashnikovs.
Jan. 7 issue
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God, wild among us
Almost every Christian congregation and mission or service agency prides itself in being holistic, none more so than those of us who are Anabaptist.
Nov. 26, 2012 issue
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A precious right, but to what end?
A retired couple who pastored a large Presbyterian church in Rochester, N.Y., began to attend our small Mennonite fellowship a few years ago, because we were in their neighborhood. We have been greatly enriched by their involvement.
Oct. 15, 2012 issue
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Blessed are the poor
No, really, blessed are the poor.
Sept. 3, 2012 issue
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Radical faith today
For six weeks this April and May, Jewel and I divided our weeks between Ethiopia and Switzerland. At the outset of our journey we little anticipated the impact of the encounters before us. But upon setting foot again on Pennsylvania soil, we knew we would learn from those meetings for years.
July 23, 2012 issue
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Politics befitting a Christian?
After reading about Mennonite pastor Arnoldo Wiens’ run for the presidency of Paraguay last spring — and the Paraguayan Senate’s “coupish” replacement of its democratically elected president at the end of June — I imagined our Anabaptist forebears who wrote the Schleitheim Confession in 1527 paying Mennonites a visit in 2012.
June 11, 2012 issue
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Together in Palestine
The global church recently celebrated Pentecost, the moment when the Holy Spirit filled the believers in Jeru-salem. In the Acts 2 account, two things stand out. First, “they were all together in one place.” Second, the roster of peoples or places familiar (Egypt, Libya, Jews, Arabs) and unfamiliar (Parthians, Medes, Elamites) reminds us of that moment’s miraculous unity.
April 30, 2012 issue
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Impossible challenges
In Christian mission we are doomed with two impossible challenges. One is that as we go interculturally to make disciples, we will make mistakes — many of them. The other is that as we go, we will be repeatedly misunderstood by those to whom we go.
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