Top 10 Mennonite Church USA news for 2012
The Mennonite staffThe editorial staff of The Mennonite compiled a list of top ten news stories from 2012, as in past years. The staff voted on the list and the order. The news of Al Geiser's death in Afghanistan in July topped the list. The fatal car accident of the Iowa pastor and his wife was second, followed by the sentencing of Steve Geyer, Lancaster (Pa.) Mennonite School former administrator. For the final list, click below. Each headline is linked to the original story on our website ...Read more ...
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Mennonite firm sues over Obamacare contraception coverage
From the Philadelphia Inquirer
A Mennonite-owned cabinetmaker has filed a federal suit charging that the Affordable Care Act's mandate on contraception coverage violates its constitutional rights. Conestoga Wood Specialties, citing the principles of religious freedom on which William Penn founded Pennsylvania, says in its suit, filed in U.S. District Court, that to accord to its Mennonite beliefs, it would be "sinful and immoral for the company to participate in, pay for, facilitate or otherwise support any contraception" that would have the effect of an abortion.
The Lancaster County-based company, which employs 950 people at plants in several locations across the country, is the latest firm to join a growing number of Catholic and evangelical Christian-owned businesses suing over the contraception-coverage mandate ...
Read on the Philadelphia Inquirer ...
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Movies (gasp) with female leads
By Gordon Houser Ever heard of the Bechdel test? Named after the comic-strip artist and memoirist Alison Bechdel, it assesses movies according to a three-step formula. To pass the test, a film "(1) has to have at least two [named] women in it (2) who talk to each other (3) about something besides a man" ... Read more ...
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College Corner: Faculty tell Bluffton's restorative justice story
Mackenzie Mayer says she knew nothing about restorative justice until taking a class as a first-year Bluffton (Ohio) University student taught by Rudi Kauffman. "I had no idea what he was talking about," she admits ... Read more ...Photo: Rudi Kauffman and Heather Koontz. Photo provided.
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Tim's blog: Twelve peacemakers of Christmas, Part 1
Merry Christmas! For each of the 12 days of Christmas, Christian Peacemaker Teams is honoring a specific CPTer for their peacemaking work. Here are the first six honorees. I wrote the first three and the last three were written by Sarah Thompson, CPT's outreach coordinator ...Read more ... |
