Women Magazine articles from March 2000

Women Magazine archives from March 2000

Editorial.(building a church with a culture of peace in non-violent ways)(Editorial)
March 1, 2000... Dear Readers, God's Peace and Grace be with you all in the coming years! For a few of us, the beginning of this millennium had been a bit of a let down. No drastic transformation nor sounding of trumpets announcing the end of the world, no...

Bible study.(Holy Spirit reverses worldly order, strengthening people with ability to speak)
March 1, 2000... "All the believers were together and had every thing in common" Acts of the Apostles 2:1-15; 37-47 This scripture portion talks about an incidence that took place on the day of the Pentecost, the second great festival of the Jewish...

Encounter at the well: the ecumenical women's movement.
March 1, 2000... The history of women in ecumenism, e.g. the history of the Women's World Day of Prayer is a history of courageous women who have started to mature spiritually for themselves and who want to share this experience with the rest of the world. And...

Do not say that you are too young.(churches empty of young people)
March 1, 2000... "Do not say that you are too young, but go to the people I send you to, and tell them everything I command you to say." Jer 1:7 In spite of this calling in the Old Testament, our churches are getting more and more empty. Where are the young...

The church a healthy body? Reality and vision of the church.
March 1, 2000... The symbol of Church as a body, which you can find in 1. Cor 12:5ff, inspired young people to draw a critical picture of the present church: We think that our churches have a lot of meetings. They bring out a lot of books and documents....

Investing in children: a primary task of the church.
March 1, 2000... The two growing groups of population in the world today are the children and the elderly. The context in which children of the world live today is as diverse as our world. Of course we have the Convention on the Rights of the Child as an emblem...

The decade for nonviolence: 2001-2010.
March 1, 2000... "It is a miracle," my friend said as we talked between sessions of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA gathering. "Lutherans have actually gone on record as embracing the Decade of Nonviolence." She was referring to the...

International decade for a culture of peace and nonviolence for the children of the world (2001-2010). (Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly).
March 1, 2000... The General Assembly, Aware that the task of the United Nations to save future generations from the scourge of war requires transformation towards a culture of peace, which consists of values, attitudes, and behaviors that reflect and...

The future of theological education: a feminist approach.
March 1, 2000... In many areas of the church's life and work, the influence of women has increased over the past 30 years. Inspired by the feminist theological interpretation of the gospel, they have become an important voice in the ecclesiastical and...

New challenges for women in churches: tourism-related problems.
March 1, 2000... Although it is widely acknowledged that tourism is one of the biggest industries is an integral part of the development strategy in many countries now and that issues such as protection of environment, social justice, drugs, gambling, child...

Vision 2000 and beyond.(woemn in the new millennium)
March 1, 2000... LWF-WICAS Regional Coordinator for Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone As women march into the new millennium and beyond, our hopes and aspirations are building for all our folks, the visions of giant strides of moral and material...

Climb a tree: in order to see things from a better perspective.(defining the church )
March 1, 2000... (LWF-WICAS Regional Coordinator for Latin American South Cone and Brazil) Latin America. South Cone. A place of very deep contrasts. Of a very non-homogeneous melting of cultures. Of all kinds of religious offers. Of many social, economic,...

Struggle for changing life conditions.(new times for Latin America with signs of hope for women)
March 1, 2000... Maria Luz Chirinos took part in the Young Women Leadership Training Program for Younger Women (1994-1996). In 1999 she was elected as a leader of her community which counts 17,000 inhabitants and 2,500 houses. Currently she works as Secretary...

We women have a dream.
March 1, 2000... We women dream of a better future for our sons and daughters. We are proud of being the first ones to investigate and analyze gender perspectives and to discover, understand and interpret it in the daily reality in which we live. In El...

A new millenium--not without the church and not without women in the church.
March 1, 2000... We consider the Church as a boat which moves across time and space. The space of the Church is the whole planet and the time is God's love and mercy. What awaits us who are on the boat and who believe in God? What awaits those who do not...

The growing fruits of faith.(life of the Lutheran church and its past, challenges, expectations and hopes)
March 1, 2000... Zuzana Mankova is a 24 years old female student at the theology faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. She shares with us her view of the church and its future in the Slovak context: "The future is one of the...

An open letter to my niece: a Filipino woman's vision for the church of the future.
March 1, 2000... December 1st, 1999 Union Theological Seminary, Philippines My dear Sharon, Happy Birthday on Dec. 14! I am grateful to God for your life. I rejoice with you and your seven month old baby girl, Carmela. As I look at you, modern...

Let in the Holy Spirit to work!
March 1, 2000... Starting from the first century, the Church has gone through a lot of changes and formed herself to be on par with society, incorporating patriarchal, materialistic, capitalistic values into her structure. Of course the Church does not operate...

The Church of the Future--the future of the Church.
March 1, 2000... The challenge to write an article on the theme "Church of the Future and the Future of the Church" came some time ago. It is not an easy challenge. I struggled with ideas, tore up pages, gave up any sense of confidence I had, and began to...

Inclusive communion: the big vision.
March 1, 2000... One term we hear and read about regularly within the church and ecumenical organizations is "inclusive communion". I must say that I am getting more and more realistic about this term. I realize that this is still a big vision, but not yet a...

Lutheran women's leader killed in air disaster. (Liberia).(Women's Desk Coordinator for the Lutheran Church Amelia Allison)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
March 1, 2000... With a great sense of loss, we announce the demise of Mrs. Amelia Allison, the Women's Desk Coordinator for the Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL). It has been confirmed that she was among the 169 people who perished in a Kenya Airways plane that...

Rev. Pang Ken Phin, is the new assistant bishop of Basel Christian Church of Malaysia! (Announcement).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... And the first woman to be so in the Lutheran Churches in Asia! Rev. Pang Ken Phin is in fact a familiar figure to most of us; She is the first theologically trained women of the Basel Christian Church in Malaysia, a pastor, a teacher of...

Goodbye: from the WICAS.( )
March 1, 2000... We say `adieu' to Ana as she embarks on her journey of faith in a different direction. "Ana has much to offer and gifts to share. We bid her farewell and accompany her with the wealth of our good wishes and warmth of our affections! Thank you...

Wake up--wake finally up. (Poems).(Poem)
March 1, 2000... Wake up--wake finally up And look what happens around you Stop to play comedies in your churches And to heat up your heads by discussing through theories and papers Wake finally up See the pain in the World The...

Fears to die. (Poems).(Poem)
March 1, 2000... Fears to die Wrapped like a mummy With the ribbons of the church traditions No space for movements or creativity Stiff- rigid If I don't continue to struggle I will suffocate I want to remove these ribbons ...

Silent. (Poems).(Poem)
March 1, 2000... Silent Sometimes I wish that time stops And we are all forced to be silent For a few minutes Silent To see and evaluate what we have done Silent To look and listen to our neighbors Silent To hear...