In “Virginia leaders offer guidance after Mennonite Church USA delegate vote causes concern” (Oct. 14), what struck you [AW editors] was where the leaders’ statement differed from the denomination’s direction: You led with its sentence upholding Virginia Conference’s polity of suspending the ministry credential of any pastor who conducts a same-sex marriage ceremony.
I appreciate the pushback from Gary Oyer and Alvin Mast (Letters, Oct. 14) to one of my statements quoted in “Mosaic Conference evaluating relationships with MC USA” (Sept. 23).
John K. Stoner (“Five Bible stories, one grand vision,” Sept. 23) provides a great service in reminding Christians of one of the dominant themes of Scripture: the movement from violence to mercy and peace
A Jesus-centered Anabaptist Bible (“Planning a people’s Bible,” Sept. 23) has potential to address the intersection of racism-accommodating theology and the move to dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery.
The Sept. 23 issue contains articles about the creation of an Anabaptist Bible. This title troubles me because “Anabaptist Bible” implies the creation of new texts.
In his 1961 farewell address, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower warned against a “military-industrial complex.” That year, U.S. military spending was $49.88 billion, less than $500 billion in today’s dollars.
After the [Repentance and Transformation] vote by Mennonite Church USA delegates, it was utterly predictable that some portions of MC USA would reconsider their relationship to the denomination.
I loved the prayer on the cover of the Aug. 26 issue: “God save the Earth.” Author Steve Thomas notes that, “Yes, we must pray, but we must act. And now.”
Cheers for Sarah Kehrberg’s Aug. 26 column (“Who are we to play God?”) supporting birth control.
The Aug. 26 issue was the best I’ve read. The articles about climate change offered easily understood, hands-on climate-change mitigation actions that churches can use right now.
