Articles : Dick Benner
Oct. 9, 2006 issue
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Benner
Wary of movie bandwagon
Back in May when The Da Vinci Code hit theaters, New Jerusalem Mennonite Church was prepared.
Not only was the movie blatantly heretical, it offered a chance to convince their neighbors that the church wasn’t a closed religious club stuck in a time warp called Anabaptism.
Sept. 11, 2006 issue
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Whose story will prevail?
Armando Sanchez, a Hispanic immigrant turned pastor, tells quite a different story from the shrill narratives of vigilante groups patrolling the Arizona-Mexican border.
Aug. 14, 2006 issue
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The language of warriors?
If aliens came and analyzed our English language, they would conclude we are a warrior people.
July 10, 2006 issue
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Show of support for justice
You could feel the anxiety in the quiet courtroom during the June 26 sentencing trial for three Kurdish refugees convicted of illegally sending money back to family and friends in Iraq. The event was embedded with unusual community support as well as political controversy.
July 3, 2006 issue
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Light sentences for Kurds supported by Mennonites
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Told their actions lacked any “evil intent,” three Kurdish men convicted of operating an illegal money transfer business were given light sentences June 26 in U.S. District Court.
June 12, 2006 issue
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Let’s be true to our roots
What comes to our neighbors’ minds when they see a sign identifying a Mennonite church? What comes to your mind? Is it clear what distinctive beliefs you represent to others?
May 8, 2006 issue
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Kurds snared by unfair law
“Who is my neighbor?” That trick question put to Jesus by the self-righteous lawyer of first-century Palestine is taking on frightening dimensions for a Mennonite lawyer and a group of concerned citizens in Harrisonburg, Va.
April 10, 2006 issue
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Cotton candy and broccoli
While as dependent as the next person on such must-have electronic gadgets as cell phones, e-mail, PDAs and broadband, Shane Hipps insists they are making us electronic nomads who form “cotton candy communities.”
March 13, 2006 issue
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Speaking of a public God
Jim Wallis tells audiences across the country that at heart he is a 19th-century evangelical “born in the wrong century.”
Feb. 13, 2006 issue
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Healing power of anointing
James’ exhortation to the sick to “call for anointing by the elders” (James 5:14) always seemed to me, I must confess, a little too ritualistic, almost tribal.
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