Articles : Laurie Oswald Robinson
May 27 issue
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Photo by Rhoda Keener
Sister Care events go international
When Carolyn Heggen considered going abroad with Sister Care — a Mennonite Women USA-sponsored seminar to empower lay women for caring ministry — she, as co-facilitator, wondered what she could possibly have to teach women outside the U.S.
“So much of what I know about courage, resilience and persistence I have learned from women overseas,” said Heggen. “But we do have resources of education, of free time to create and write, of technology that many women don’t have… . We don’t spend four or five hours a day securing enough water so we can cook and do our laundry.”
April 15 issue
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Western District plans Year of Bible
Members of Houston Mennonite Church know that daily Bible reading is at a scant 32 percent among Mennonites. But they also know this is not just a number. It reflects their struggle to hone a biblically based identity in a world abuzz with secular distraction.
March 4 issue
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Ex-Amish staff member puts face on MCC diversity
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Growing up Amish near Yoder, Maynard Knepp learned teamwork and interdependent relationships build community.
Feb. 4 issue
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It’s never too late to heed the call of the beloved
As Karen Andres waited in bed for three weeks in 1986 to deliver her premature son, Josh, a question rose up in her heart and eventually changed her life:
Jan. 7 issue
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Dove’s Nest spreads wings of protection
As a child, Connie Skillingstad — the first program coordinator of Dove’s Nest, a Mennonite-based nonprofit organization helping churches keep children and youth safe — experienced abuse in her family.
Dec. 10, 2012 issue
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Communion of saints
Because a Japanese Mennonite man was healed from leukemia after Mennonites and Catholics prayed, a new round of ecumenical dialogue on prayer is stirring up the faithful.
Oct. 15, 2012 issue
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New spiritual home
HOUSTON — In his homeland of Burma, Simon Hmung was persecuted for being a Christian in a largely Buddhist nation. As a refugee in Texas, he is facing new hardships in a foreign land.
Sept. 17, 2012 issue
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Home-grown bounty links food, faith
YODER, Kan. — It wasn’t until she met some hippies from the University of Wisconsin in the 1960s that Elizabeth Hershberger learned to more deeply value what her Amish upbringing had taught her about food.
May 28, 2012 issue
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Mennonites attend largest church-planting event
In a sea of 5,000 participants at Exponential 2012 — the largest annual evangelical church-planting conference in North America — about 60 Mennonites shared anchors of commonality in Christ amid differences in perspectives.
Jan. 23, 2012 issue
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Winding road of loss, love leads old friends together
HESSTON, Kan. — After Roy Unruh lost two wives in tragic accidents, he struggled to trust that God would provide strength and courage to meet the trials that lay before him.
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