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Book review: ‘Very Married’

In July, my parents celebrated their 53rd anniversary. This seems a miracle of sorts to me, not because their marriage was especially contentious but because

Melanie Springer Mock

October 24, 2016

Book review: ‘Pennsylvania Dutch’

What are the roles of language in forming and maintaining religious identity? This fascinating volume explores Pennsylvania Dutch, a language that, nowadays, is “neither explicitly

Rachel Waltner Goossen

October 10, 2016

Book review: ‘The Gospel Next Door’

Seeking the peace of the city in Houston, Texas, is no small task for a minister with a heart big enough to reach out to

Ted Lewis

September 26, 2016

Book review: ‘Simple Pleasures’

In the creative nonfiction course I teach every spring, I talk about a memoirist’s ability to both convey personal experience and also make connections with

Melanie Springer Mock

September 12, 2016

Book review: ‘In Pursuit of Faithfulness’

In 1957 in Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference, communion was only served when a bishop was present. The bread and cup were reserved for church members who

Andre Gingerich Stoner

August 29, 2016

Book review: ‘For His Sake’

A loud rap on the door interrupts the mealtime of Mennonites Johann and Barbara Strausz and their children in June 1815. They live in Polish

Laurie Oswald Robinson

August 15, 2016

Book review: ‘Mennonite on the Edge’

In 2004, Cynthia Yoder broke new ground in Mennonite letters with Crazy Quilt: Pieces of a Mennonite Life. The memoir, one of the first of

Melanie Springer Mock

August 1, 2016

Book review: ‘To and From Nowhere’

This refugee tale is an imaginative work of biography, dedicated to “the disenfranchised and deported everywhere.” Based on the life story of Greta Enns (1902-1985),

Rachel Waltner Goossen

July 18, 2016

Book review: ‘Horse-and-Buggy Genius’

Royden Loewen’s new book examines how Old Colony and Old Order Mennonites try to maintain religious and cultural changelessness in a world that celebrates change.

Rich Preheim

July 4, 2016

Book review: ‘Breakaway Amish’

As a distinct religious and social group, the Amish have grown used to having their lives reported and interpreted by outsiders. Scholars study them. Novelists

Daniel Hertzler

June 20, 2016

Book review: ‘The Patient Ferment of the Early Church’

Alan Kreider, emeritus professor of church history and mission at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, has capped his career with a masterwork on the rise of

James C. Juhnke

June 6, 2016

Book review: ‘Lord Willing?’

People who have experienced devastating loss, like the death of a child or a terminal diagnosis, are familiar with the Christian clichés offered with loving

Melanie Springer Mock

May 23, 2016

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