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Book review: ‘Education with the Grain of the Universe’

Over the past several decades, one remarkable initiative in Mennonite higher education has been in the new academic field of peace and conflict studies. Mennonite

James C. Juhnke

August 27, 2018

Book review: ‘Mystics and Misfits’

About eight years ago, Christiana Peterson, her husband and daughter moved from urban Washington, D.C., to an intentional Christian community in rural north-central Illinois. Their

Sarah Kehrberg

August 13, 2018

Book review: ‘Plantation Jesus’

Another book on racism? Haven’t we moved beyond that topic yet? Isn’t it time for all of us to get over it? It is precisely

Ted Lewis

July 30, 2018

Book review: ‘The Russian Mennonite Story’

According to popular lore, the sojourning Mennonites in Europe found refuge in Russia, where they flourished until 1917, when the Russian Revolution unleashed horrific persecution

Rich Preheim

July 16, 2018

Book review: ‘Love in a Time of Hate’

As I write this review, the world is experiencing a refugee crisis unmatched in its history. According to the United Nations, 22.5 million people have

Melanie Springer Mock

July 2, 2018

Book review: ‘Worthy’

Someone once suggested to me that advertising exists to convince us we aren’t good enough. Whether it’s shampoo, car or a smart phone app, all

Sarah Kehrberg

June 18, 2018

Book review: ‘Congo Shadows’

The story of the Democratic Republic of Congo casts a long, disturbing shadow. The legacy of colonialism thrusts malevolent roots into the kingdoms of the

David Augsburger

June 4, 2018

Book review: ‘Harold and Arlene: Ministers to Many’

A new and inspiring biography tells the story of a pastoral couple with a deep love for God and the Mennonite Church. With lives spanning

Elwood Yoder

May 21, 2018

Book review: ‘Soul Tending’

Do you remember a time when every Sunday started with three hours of church followed by a long meal, often roast beef and root vegetables

Shirley Hershey Showalter

May 7, 2018

Book review: ‘EMU: A Century of Countercultural Education’

Like all religious groups, Mennonites have always wrestled with how to maintain basic group beliefs and practices while still inhabiting a particular cultural context. In

Perry Bush

April 23, 2018

Book review: ‘Fledge’

When my children were very young, there was all manner of reading material at my fingertips, ready to tell me exactly how I might raise

Melanie Springer Mock

April 9, 2018

Book review: ‘Shalom Sistas’

Those who have mucked out a house after a flood know how painstaking and messy the process becomes. Worse yet is when the disaster drives

Laurie Oswald Robinson

March 26, 2018

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