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Autumn 2007, Vol. 7, No.
4
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EDITORIAL:
HOW DOES GOD WORK IN THE WORLD?
"How does God work in the world? The
first set of articles . . . explicitly
ask variations of that question. The
second set might be read as asking it
implicitly."
LETTER
LISTEN
TO THESE HONEST VOICES: AN EXCERPT FROM
THE "LAST WORD" IN STUMBLING
TOWARD A GENUINE CONVERSATION ON
HOMOSEXUALITY
J. Ron. Byler
"Listen to the honest voices of the
followers of Jesus in this book. . .
."
POETRY
BY BARBARA ESCH SHISLER
"Hands are a miracle, / hold them up
in awe /and praise. . . ."
POETRY
BY KEN GIBBLE
"Bless these hands, he prayed /and
meant, I think: / Lord, tenderize them. .
. ."
IS
THAT ALL?
Kirsten Beachy
"Jesus says, ‘Ask and it shall
be given unto you,’ but reality
proves we can’t take the statement
at face value."
SUFFERING,
PRAYERS, AND MIRACLES: A FAMILY DISCOVERS
GOD’S HEALING LOVE
Jana Alderfer
"I found myself in an ambulance
again pleading with God to protect my
son."
THE
TESTAMENT GOD GAVE BACK
Lee Snyder
"This was my first crisis of faith.
. . ."
Kingsview
PEN AND GOD GO MISSING
Michael A. King
"My questions hardened into atheism:
It’s all baloney."
The Turquoise
Pen
WHEN THE WORLD ENDS AT
NOON
Noël R. King
I yelled over to her, ‘The world is
ending.’ (Thank God, I added under
my breath.)"
CHALK:
A STORY OF AN AMERICAN ABROAD
J. Denny Weaver
"I was delighted with my
problem-solving ability . . . until found
out what was really happening."
Beneath the
Skyline
DISAPPOINTMENT IS WHAT I
FEEL: PHILOSOPHICAL RAMBLINGS FOR A
BROKEN WORLD
Deborah Good
"Never judge others before trying to
understand their ‘why.’"
Ink Aria
LIFE BUILDING
Renee Gehman
"Suddenly it felt like all I had
built in those first 22 years of life had
been flattened down into a foundation. .
. ."
Community Sense
LOVE, COMMUNITY, AND
COMPUTERS
Mark R. Wenger
"Turn the computer off. Call up some
real friends. Go out shopping, go
bowling, go to church."
TRANSFORMATION:
FROM ABUSE TO ADVENT
Jonathan Beachy
"Metamorphosing, moving from abuse
to the anticipation of arrival, an
advent, in my personal life, is
incomplete. . . ."
POETRY
BY W. N. RICHARDSON
"When I was a child, Dad warmed my
small hands / between his large ones. . .
."
POETRY
BY LISA WEAVER
"The man who approached my table was
shoeless, shirt full of holes. . .
."
POETRY
BY JOYCE LIND
"I feel December coming on / like an
impending head cold. . . ."
Books, Faith,
World & More
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH
CHRISTMAS? REVIEWS OF CHRISTMAS
UNWRAPPED AND OF RELIGION
AND EMPIRE
Daniel Hertzler
"So how does a church make a
statement in favor of Jesus and against
empire?"
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