by John Gingerich | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog, Library
This recent donation to our library, Women Talking by Miriam Toews, is reviewed in the Mennonite World by Melanie Springer Mock and may be read at this link. additional reviews… • A Book Trailer • Time Magazine • Goodreads
by John Gingerich | Mar 30, 2019 | Blog, Library
Jean E. Snyder traces Burleigh’s life from his Pennsylvania childhood through his fifty-year tenure as soloist at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan. As a composer, Burleigh’s pioneering work preserved and transformed the African American...
by John Gingerich | Feb 24, 2019 | Events
John D. Roth, professor of history at Goshen College and editor of the Mennonite Quarterly Review, spoke at Portland Mennonite Church, February 23 & 24, 2019. Roth narrated the unique history of Anabaptist Christians, giving insight into an increasingly global...
by John Gingerich | Feb 22, 2019 | Library
In this recent Herald Press publication, The Great Reckoning, writer Stephen Mattson writes out of the rubble of the failed American faith called Christendom. Instead of doomsaying or casting aspersions, however, Mattson offers hope for seekers looking for...
by John Gingerich | Feb 21, 2019 | Library
by Melanie Springer Mock (Editor), Martha Kalnin Diede and Jeremiah Webster The Spirit of adoption explores many of the complexities inherent in adoption and its relationship to spirituality, challenging us to move beyond the common tropes about adoption to consider...
by John Gingerich | Feb 20, 2019 | Stories
Born to Naomi (Kauffman) and John Lederach, John Paul spent his early years living in the home adjacent to the Kropf Heritage Center on South Whiskey Hill Road and playing with friends along Rock Creek. His father, John Lederach, was the first full time pastor of Zion...
