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Honoring Our Mothers: May/June 2010
From the Editor: Honoring our Mothers by Patricia Burdette
Table of Contents
Claudia's Daughter by Rosalyn Troiano
"Tell It Like It Is": Honoring Our Mothers by Jean Kilheffer Hess
Bible Study: Family Unity Through Forgiveness by Elizabeth Soto Albrecht
Three Windows: Honoring Our Mothers by Hannah Heinzekehr, Carol Conrad, and Bev Regier
Grapevine: Honoring My Mother by Berni Kaufman
Across the Border: Honoring Our Mothers by Linda Oyer
Home, Hearth, Health: Honoring Mother by Ruth Yellowhawk
Stirrings: A Bit of Earth by Heidi Martin
Response to Sister Question by Pat McFarlane
On the Road with Rhoda: My Adopted Mother
MW USA Appreciates Your Support

Loneliness in Community: March/April 2010
From the Editor: Women's Prophetic Voice by Patricia Burdette
Table of Contents
Invisibility and Community by Meghan Good
Isolation at the Table by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker
Bible Study: Becoming Families of Peace by Elizabeth Soto
Three Windows: Loneliness in Community by Brittany McGraw, Melissa Herrera, Flo Harnish
Grapevine: Loneliness in Community by Barb Voth
Across the Border: Living Community by Connie Bentson Byler
Home, Hearth, Health: Alone in a Crowd by Kirsten L. Klassen
Stirrings: Sleep-in Saturdays by Heidi Martin
Response to Sister Question by Anna Groff
On the Road with Rhoda: Rituals of Connection 
WIC Retreats for All Interests

 Women's Prophetic Voice: January/February 2010     From the Editor: Women's Prophetic Voice by Patricia Burdette
Table of Contents
Women and Prophecy in Ghana by Sarah Thompson
The Prophetic Voice of Women by Joanna Shenk
Bible Study: Windows, Mirrors, and Doors: Women Seeking Opportunities to Help by Vickie Shurelds
Three Windows: Women's Prophetic Voice by Rebekah Wingert, Danetta Fisher, Margaret Sawatsky
Grapevine: Prophetic Voice by Gail Shetler
Across the Border: Holding Half the Sky by Erin Renee Wahl
Home, Hearth, Health: From One Village to Ten Thousand by Kirsten L. Klassen
Stirrings: Finding Your Firstlight by Heidi Martin
Response to Sister Question by Lynette Webb Rambo
On the Road with Rhoda: Finding Our Prophetic Voice

Sister Care: November/December 2009
From the Editor: Sister Care by Patricia Burdette
Table of Contents
The Importance of Sister Care by Sarah Krabill
Bible Study: Supporting Women by Vickie Shurelds
Three Windows: Women Caring for One Another by Maribel Hinojosa, Brenda Lazzaro Yoder, Lucille Gering
Grapevine: Sister Care--Why It Matters by Carolyn Holderread Heggen
Across the Border: Unique Sister-Link and Virtual Rountable by Sylvia Shirk
Home, Hearth, Health: Listening: the Gift of Significance by Kirsten L. Klassen
Culture, Clips, Kudos: Friendships by Kate Good
On the Road with Rhoda: Caring When There Is No Script
Save Dates for 2010 WIC Retreat

Women and Poverty September/October 2009
From the Editor: Women and Poverty by Patricia Burdette
Table of Contents
Searching for a New Dawn by Gabriela Ochoa Brenneman
Women, Poverty, and Stress by Linda Gehman Peachey
Bible Study: Women, Poverty, and Society by Vickie Shurelds
Three Windows: Heidi Martin, Sun Ju Moon, Brenda Burkholder
Grapevine: Reflections on the Past Four Years by Rebecca Sommers
Across the Border: Europe, Women and Poverty by Christina Duhoux-Rueb
Home, Heart, Health: Recognizing the Face of Poverty by Kirsten L. Klassen
Culture, Clips, Kudos: Poverty and Movies by Kate Good
Response to Sister Question by Rachel Halder
On the Road with Rhoda: Let Our Little Light Shine
New MW USA Board Members

Kitchen Table Theology: July/August 2009
From the Editor: Kitchen Table Theology by Patricia Burdette
Table of Contents
Beauty Shop Theology by Cyneatha Millsaps
Teach Your Children Well by Mary Nitzsche
Bible Study: "Everyday" Activities Affect Us Deeply by Vickie Shurelds
Three Windows: Kitchen Table Theology by
Valretta Scott, Brenda Sawatzky Paetkau, Christina Duhoux-Rueb
Grapevine: My Vision for Mennonite Women by Ruth Guengerich
Across the Border: Kintambo Women's Meeting by Suzanne Lind
Home, Hearth, Health: Searching for the Silver Lining by Kirsten L. Klassen
Culture, Clips, Kudos: TV Theology by Kate Good
Response to Sister Question by Rebecca Sommers
On the Road with Rhoda: Pie-making with Lucy
Caring for God's Creation: Women, Faith, and Creation Care 

Betrayal and Forgiveness: March/April 2009
From the Editor: Betrayal and Forgiveness by Patricia Burdette
A New Forgiveness by Naomi Lederach
Betrayal and Forgiveness by Shirley Hershey Showalter
Bible Study: Could We Start Again, Please? Betrayal and Forgiveness in the 21st Century by Vickie Shurelds
Three Windows: Betrayal and Forgiveness by Jessica Schrock-Ringenberg, Hatoko Inoue, Diana Ivy 
Across the Border:
Betrayal and Forgiveness in the Middle East by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
Home, Hearth, Health: Health, Betrayal, and Forgiveness by Chris McCarthy
Culture, Clips, Kudos: Music Stretches Across Generations, Bringing New Growth to All by Kate Good
Response to Sister Question by Nancy Roynon
On the Road with Rhoda: Strategic Planning and Easter Egg Hunts
Sister Care MW USA Seminar

Embracing the Gift of Diversity: Jan/Feb 2009
From the Editor:
Diversity and the Church by Patricia Burdette
Table of Contents
Breaking through the Glass Ceiling by Rebecca Osiro
The Church's Work of Anti-Oppression by Regina Shands Stoltzfus
Bible Study:
God's Embracing Love by Megan M. Ramer
Three Windows:
Embracing the Gift of Diversity by Sarah Thompson, Ruth Yellowhawk, Paula Brunk Kuhns
Across the Border:
Learning from Diversity by Bertha Beachy
Grapevine:
Assisting International Women Theologians in 2009
Home, Hearth Health: Health in the Church by Yvonne Diaz
Culture, Clips, Kudos:
Diverse Mysteries Can Broaden Your World by Kate Good
Response to Sister Question by Aldine Musser
On the Road with Rhoda:
Modern-Day Slavery: "Consider It, Take Counsel, and Speak Out" by Rhoda Keener
Juanita Nunez, Moderado, Ordained

Celebrate Traditions: Nov/Dec 2008
Understanding Biblical Traditions by Maureen Driedger
Across the Border:
Women Theologians Plan Intercontinental Gathering
Home Hearth Health: Managing Holiday Stress by Joyce Suter
Response to Sister Question by Rosella Wiens Regier
On the Road with Rhoda:
The Gift of a New Name by Rhoda Keener
timbrel as a Talking Circle

Transitions Sept/Oct 2008
From the Editor by Patricia Burnette
Table of Contents
Bible Study:
Abiding in Christ by Barbara Moses
Three Windows: Transitions by Maria Paff, Laurie Oswald Robinson, Jocele Meyer
Just As the Spirit Chooses: Women in Leadership by Dorothy Nickel Friesen
Service and Transition by Rebekah Wingert
Grapevine:
New Board Members to Serve
Culture Clips Kudos: Representations in Transition by Andrea Ressler
Response to Sister Question by Ida Gehman
On the Road with Rhoda:
Giving Circles in Changing Times by Rhoda Keener

Caring for God's Creation: July/Aug 2008
From the Editor: God's Changing Creation by Patricia Burdette
Table of Contents
Caring for Creation One Bite at a Time by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker
Transformed and Transplanted by Rita Friesen
Bible Study: Creating Sustaining, Caring by Bev Regier
Three Windows Three Women by Alexis Sauder, Cookie Wiebe, Mildred Stauffer 
Grapevine: Daring to Let Their Spirits Soar
Across the Border: Connecting to God's World by Heather Block
Home Hearth Health: 
The Hearth that Defined a Family by Wendy Chappell Dyck
Culture, Clips, Kudos:
Creation by Kara Schmidt
On the Road with Rhoda:
Homemade Systems for Creation Care by Rhoda Keener
Some Useful Resources to Help Us Care for God's Creation

More articles from older archives:

Looking at the Bible with new eyes:
Comforting darkness and Easter light: following Mary into the tomb
by Jane Roeschley
Add Joanna of the royal court to that list of women who followed Jesus
by Ferne Burkhardt
Healing amidst fears of SARS: a retelling of Luke 4:38-40—by Kelly Muhonen
Seeking God's direction in times of uncertainty—by Ruth Preston Schilk

Spiritual growth:
Time to uproot—by Brenda Hartman-Souder
Repetition brings moments of grace—by Marilyn Rudy-Froese
Seized by the power of a great affection—by Julie Bender
God-centered fasting brings freedom—by Wendy Miller
Seeking spiritual direction: a practical guide—by Joan Yoder Miller

Day to day living: 
Breaking the silence—by Ann Graham Price
Considering the road not traveled—by Gayle Sheller
The elusive goal of balance—by Melissa Miller
Blessed are those who fail—by Elaine Maust
Can wanting others’ approval be a problem?—by Jane Hoober Peifer

Family and friends:
Blended family is a mid-life gift—by Diane Zaerr Breneman
Parenting by the Golden Rule—by Jennifer Bartsch
Remembering the self that isn't Mommy—by Valerie Weaver-Zercher
What’s so special—and specially challenging—about parenting daughters
Caregivers also walk the path of healing—by Anne Plett
Not at ease: pacifist moms of chop-'em-up sons—by Cynthia Hockman-Chupp
Journeying with aging loved ones—by Katie Cunningham

Global relationships:
Women Around the World
   Gender imbalance and the church in Africa by Rebecca Osiro
   Listening in on our African sisters by Mary Lou Klassen and Mary Schertz
   Guatemalan Mennonite women find strength, comfort in prayer 
      by Janet Brenneman
   Pen  pals connect the continents by Bethany Keener

 

 

 

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