Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : On My Desk by Funk Wiebe

Jan. 16 issue

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  The appeal of Amish romance

  On my desk is The Rose Trilogy: The Thorn (2010), The Judgment (2011) and The Mercy (2011) by Beverly Lewis, published by Bethany House, $14.95 each.

  Beverly Lewis is a consistent force on trade fiction best-seller lists, with 14 million books in print. Her stories about Amish romances resonate with specific readers. Why? Likely for the same reasons that I and other girls once devoured the Elsie Dinsmore series of romantic novels by Martha Finley, set in the Civil War South.

Nov. 28, 2011 issue

• Little-known tales of history

  On my desk is Cities of Ref­uge: Stories from Ana­baptist-Mennonite History and Life by Harry Loewen, published by Pandora Press, Kitchener, Ont., 2011, 344 pages, $29.95.

Nov. 7, 2011 issue

• Training for Christ-followers

  On my desk is Forming Christian Habits in Post-Christendom: The Legacy of Alan and Eleanor Kreider, edited by James R. Krabill and Stuart Murray, published by Herald Press with the Institute of Mennonite Studies, 2011, 235 pages, $22.99.

Sept. 26, 2011 issue

• Couple’s lifetime of service

  On my desk is Redeemed: A Reflective Chronology of the Lives of Fred E. Augsburger and Carolyn King Augsburger by Ruth Ann Augsburger and Owen E. Burkholder, published by Xlibris, 2011, 606 pages, $34.99 hardcover, $23.99 paperback.

Aug. 1, 2011 issue

• Novel of adapting to culture

  On my desk is Heldin: Coming to Terms by Milly Janzen Balzer, published by iUniverse Inc., 2011, 328 pages; hardback, $29.95; paperback $19.95; ebook $9.95.

May 2, 2011 issue

• Couple’s century of change

  On my desk is Things We Have Known: Through the 20th Century with AJ and Alta Metzler, edited by Alice Metzler Roth, published by AuthorHouse, 2010, 190 pages, $12.

Jan. 17, 2011 issue

• Laughter is in short supply

  On my desk is Mennonites Don’t Dance by Darcie Friesen Hossack, published by Thistledown Press, Saskatoon, Sask., 2010, 180 pages, $17.95.

Nov. 22, 2010 issue

• Restrictions and rebellion

  On my desk is Mill Creek by Omar Eby, published by Xlibris, 2010, 284 pages, $19.99.

Oct. 11, 2010 issue

• Memories rich with meaning

  On my desk is Paper House by Jean Janzen, published by Good Books, 2008, 74 pages $9.95; and To Buy a Field: Unearthing Spiritual Treasure by Barbara Esch Shisler, published by WestBow Press, 2010, 82 pages, $9.95.

Sept. 6, 2010 issue

• Search to revive spiritual life

  On my desk is A Mennonite Woman: Exploring Spiritual Life and Identity by Dawn Ruth Nelson, published by Cascadia Publishing House, 2010, 184 pages, $18.95.

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