GENERAL INDEX

 

A

A cappella singing  130

Adulterer  17

Advertising  131

Africa, energy use  58

Ahaz  19

America, politics in  142

Anabaptists, early  121

Annunciation  11

Anthropology, mission  47

Anxiety  23

Aram  98

Ash Wednesday  73

Augustine  44, 104, 106-107, 128, 155

 

B

Babylonian exile  30

Bach, J.S.  12

Barclay, William  67

Barth  107

Bartimaeus, 148

Beer  103

Beggar, blind  147

Berry, Wendell  7
Bin Laden  98

Bruderhof  134

 

C

Cana, wedding at  103

Capitalism  131

Cavell, Stanley  106

Chance  124

Change  32

Chiapas, Mexico  87

China, church in  135

Christ, humility of  154

Christian life  43

Christmas, contrasted in Matthew and Luke  28-29

Church  26, 53, 79, 129, 143

City, as image  113

 –welfare of

Coffee  54

Community wellbeing  43

Confession  102-109

Consumers  135

Corban  121

Covenant  65

Craddock, Fred  57

Creativity  69

Creeds  108

Cuba  14

 

D

David  64, 107

Davis, Ellen  87-89

Demons  39, 42

Desert, sleeping in  152

Discipleship  74-76, 148

Divorce  139

Dixie Chicks  108

Donne, John  137

Dula, Peter  79

Duvall, Robert

 

E

Easter  76

Eating  122

Economics of empire  116

Economy, market  131

El Greco  12

Empire, American  142

Enemies, arming against  131

 –looking at  155

Esau  155

Eschatology  22

Evil, battle against 101, 108

 

F

Fahrenheit 911  100

Faith  110-111

 –communal  112

fast  115

Fear  127

 –of the unknown  24

Fisherman, life of  47

Food and worship  115

 –sacrificed to idols  42

Footwashing  79

Forbes, James  131

Fourier, Charles 134

Francis, Saint  80

 

G

Gardening  143

General welfare, in USA  131

Gift of the Spirit  37

Gini coefficient  132

Giotto  12

God, intimacy with   116

 –invisible  128

Godıs creativity  126

 –gift of life  126

Good news  103-104

Grace  92

Greed  131

Greek Orthodox worship story  60

Greenspan, Alan  14

Greiser, David  9

Guilt  95-97

 

H

Handelıs Messiah  11, 45

Harperıs Magazine  108

Herod  32-33

Herod Antipas  105

Herodias  105

Hezekiah  19

Holy Ghost  34, 38

Holy, holy, holy  47

Holy Spirit  18-19, 80-84, 126. 135

Home  143

Hope  31-32, 151

Human condition  93, 104-105

Humor  82

Hutterites  134

 

I

Inclusive language, Paul and  46

Income, distribution of  14, 132

Insider status  39

Intentional communities  134

Investors  131

Invisible Cities (novel)  142

Iraq, war against 108

Irish, the  118

Isaiah as prophet  32

Israel, restoration of  30

 

J

Jacob  152

Jerusalem, triumphal entry into  67

Jesus, as boyfriend  51

 –authority of  41

 –baptism of  36

 –body of  50

–Jewishness of  52

–kingdom of  148, 151

John the Baptist  35, 105

Joy to the World  15

Justice  115, 131

 –retributive  21, 157

Justification  91, 120

 

K

Kansas  29

King, duties of  33

King, Martin Luther  102

King, Michael  9

Kingdom of God  78, 142-43

Knowledge  40, 88

Kraybill, Donald  13

Kyoto Protocol  58

Kyrie Eleison  58

 

L

Las Abejas  116

Law, perfect  123

Lectionary, Revised Common  8, 26, 36, 130, 146

Left Behind books, 23

Lehman, George  136

Lehman, Neil  136

Lent  26

Leprosy  98, 103-104

Lordıs Supper  54

Love  97

 –life of  43

 –nonviolent  101

Luther, Martin  119

 

 

M

Magnificat  11

Marine biologists  46

Mark, Jesus misunderstood in  39

Markıs gospel, force of  39

  –­irony in  105

Marpeck, Pilgram  81

Martyr, Justin  90

Matrix  127

Maximus the Confessor  159

Membership list  45

Mennonite Central Committee  135

Mental illness  41

Materialism  15

Mennonite, The  9

Mennonite Weekly Review  136

Mennonites  35, 37, 102, 130

  ­–Confession of Faith  107

Michal  107

Milosz, Czeslaw  104

Money  130

Monopolies  131

Moore, Michael  100

More with Less cookbook  122

Mortality, infant  14

 

N

Naaman  98

Nathan  64, 108

New Creation, 80

New Monasticism  136

New York City  58

Nonviolence  155

Nouwen, Henri  57-58

 

O

Obedience  65, 110

Ordinary Time  80

Ouija board  42

 

P

Palestrina  12

Parable  57

Parables, ten virgins  23

Parents, care of  121

Passover  67

 –Greeks at  60

Patchyness  46

Patience  20

Pax Americana  11

Pentecost  36

Pentecostals  34, 38

Peter  47, 49

Pharisees  139

Philip  37

Plato  106

Playfulness  90

Political imagery  29

Politics of Jesus  13

Poor, plight of  14, 131

Power  40

 –and Mennonites  35, 37

³Practice resurrection²  78

Prayer  145

Pride  128

Priscilla  113

Prodigal son  57

Promise Keepers  109

Protestantism  92

Proverbs  87

Public health  131

Purity laws  121

 

Q

 

 

R

Racism  55

Range Rovers  24

Raw material (human) 48

Reconciliation  155

Redeemer  158

Redemption  136

Rembrandt  59

Rempel, Henry  136

Resurrection  45-46

Resurrection preaching  73

Revolution  140

Rheims, cathedral  12

Rich Christians in a Hungry World  13

Rich young ruler  147, 154

Righteousness  92, 94-95

Roman Empire  12, 32

Romeo and Juliet  125

Rutter, John  12

 

Sabbath  114

Salaries, corporate  132

Salvation  25, 95, 102

Samaria  36

Satisfaction  85

Schilk, Ruth Preston  70

School of the Americas  101, 108

Scotch Covenanters  114

Security  141

Self-gratification  26

 –sufficiency  117, 151

 –worth  96

Sermons  102

Servant, unfaithful  23

Shalom  144

Shibboleths  31

Sider, Alex  20

Sider, Ronald

Sin, original  93

 –vs. guilt  93-97 

Sleep-deprived speech  47

Smith, Adam  131

Society of Brothers  134

Song of Mary  11

Steinmetz, David  51

Stoning  17

Super Bowl  110

Sweatshops  55

Switzerland, Mennonites in  45

 

T

Ten Commandments  11, 114

The Apostle  34

Torah  114, 139

Traditions  121-123

Tragedy  106

Tree, shaking  19

Trumpet, last  45

Tyndale, William  46

Tyrant, power of  106

 

U

University of North Carolina  132

Upside-Down Kingdom  13

Uriah  108

Utopian experiments, in USA  133

 

V

Visitation  11

 

W

Wage, minimum hourly  133

War on terror, global  102

Washington Memo  15

Washington Post  136

Widows and orphans  131

Wisdom  87-89

Wizard of Oz  29

Wolfensohn, James  14

Woolman, John  70

Workaholics  59

World Bank  14

World resources  57

Worship  115, 159

Wrestling with God  158

 

X

 

 

Y

Yoder, John Howard  13, 20

 

Z

Zimbabwe  152