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Book review: ‘Anything But Simple’

On one Christian publisher’s site, Amish romance books are characterized as stories about Christian people following the “simple life.” Other books, offered by other publishers,

Melanie Springer Mock

September 25, 2017

Book review: ‘The Radical Muslim and Mennonite’

During a Muslim-Christian peacemaking meeting in Indonesia in 2003, Mesach Krisetya, president of Mennonite World Conference, made a speech. Seeking to dismantle negative stereotypes of

Mel Lehman

September 11, 2017

Book review: ‘A Vietnam Presence’

Beyond the history books, articles, memoirs and novels published about the U.S. war in Vietnam, Luke S. Martin’s A Vietnam Presence stands apart, presenting an

Lynn Harold Vogel

August 28, 2017

Book review: ‘Rebel Mother’

The Mennonite layer of Peter Andreas’ unconventional childhood story is at first glance rather thin. More than anything, Rebel Mother is a story of the

Ardie Goering

August 14, 2017

Book review: ‘Re-Envisioning Service’

The greatest success of the Civilian Public Service era is not the effect it had on the church during World War II, as significant as

Rich Preheim

July 31, 2017

Book review: ‘Chosen Nation’

In 1941, as German armies advanced across Europe, C. Henry Smith, a historian at Bluffton College, expressed his dismay at the enthusiastic support many German

Troy Osborne

July 17, 2017

Book review: ‘What is the Bible?’

I wonder if Rob Bell went to Hesston College. Actually, I know he didn’t, but his new book, What Is the Bible? How an Ancient Library

Alan Stucky

July 3, 2017

Book review: ‘Unexpected Invitations’

In Unexpected Invitations, Angela and Erwin Rempel tell of serving together in Mennonite ministries for four decades. From Brazil to Botswana and Pennsylvania to Kansas,

Laurie Oswald Robinson

June 19, 2017

Book review: ‘When Did Everybody Else Get So Old?’

In the next few years, I will celebrate my 50th birthday. My sons will graduate from high school (if we’re lucky!) and we will be

Melanie Springer Mock

June 5, 2017

Book review: ‘Smart Compassion’

How radical should radical hospitality get? If you are open to having foster children in your home, is one enough, or should you have two

Ted Lewis

May 22, 2017

Book review: ‘God Without Violence’

J. Denny Weaver’s latest book is popular theology written in response to a question asked by a child: Why did God kill his own son?

Melissa Florer-Bixler

May 8, 2017

Book review: ‘Simple Life Fretz’

During the early 1980s, while a senior at Bethel College, I participated in a monthlong interterm travel course to Washington, D.C., focused on peace issues

Rachel Waltner Goossen

April 24, 2017

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