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Autumn 2004, Vol. 4, No.
4
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Editorial
CHANGING THE EQUATION
Valerie Weaver-Zercher
" I’ve decided . . . to end
formal involvement with DreamSeeker
Magazine."
POETRY
BY JOYCE PEACHEY LIND
"I saw her / lying in the ditch
beside the road / A girl / in a little
blue dress. . . ."
POETRY
BY JEREMY FREY
"A pair of red tails soaring, the
ridge blessed and happy. . . ."
BEING
JUST A MOTHER AFTER ALL
Joyce Peachey Lind
"It dawned on me one day that for 10
years I had been ‘just’ a
mother."
Community
Sense
THOUGHTS ON FUNERALS AND
COMMUNITY
Mark R. Wenger
"We shouldn’t underestimate the
amazing potential of funeral rites for
affirming the deepest bonds that hold
people together."
SEEKING
THE TAPROOT OF ANABAPTIST SPIRITUALITY
Mary Schertz
"The Benedictines may have supplied
the fertilizer and water for my
growth—but the taproot is Mennonite
spirituality."
"NOT
ONLY A BORROWER BUT A LENDER
BE":MENNONITE PIETY IN DIALOGUE WITH
CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANITY
Alan Kreider
"What scarce, God-given resources in
our own tradition might we squander if we
don’t stop, ponder, and
appreciate?"
Beneath the
Skyline
YES, WOMEN HAVE BODIES:
GENDER MATTERS, PART 1
Deborah Good
"I don’t ask that we ignore
physical beauty in one another. I do ask
that we see one another more
wholistically—as having body and
personality, pointy hips and a charming
wit, full lips and an inventive
spirit."
ALL
PILGRIMS LUCKY STOP FIRST UNITED CHURCH
OF THE ROCK AND BURNING BUSH OF SOULS
HARBOR: THE MEANING OF CONGREGATIONAL
NAMES
Donald E. Kraybill
"If perception is related to
reality, what might be an outsider’s
perception of the name of your place of
worship?"
DICTIONARIES:
MY HISTORY
Glenn Lehman
"By college the possession of a
prominently displayed huge dictionary
lent an air of gravitas to my dorm
room."
The
Turquoise Pen
SUZIE’S BIG MOUTH
Nöel R. King
"She forgot all about her mouth for
a minute as she watched the bird fly,
reveling endlessly in the freedom of the
space in which it lived."
Reel
Reflections
IS THERE LIFE AFTER
PROZAC? A REVIEW OF "GARDEN
STATE"
David Greiser
"The characters in this film are
crafted with enough quirky originality to
suggest real people. The tone walks a
thin balance-beam between dark comedy and
touching melancholy."
Kingsview
JUST GOOD ENOUGH
Michael A. King
"But what am I or you to be if not
the best? Just good enough."
Books,
Faith, World & More
THE BIBLE AS IT OUGHT TO
BE: A REVIEW OF HOW
THE BIBLE CAME TO BE
Daniel Hertzler
"Since we generally study the Bible
in bits and pieces, does it matter in
what order the biblical books are
organized? Miller perceives it
does."
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