Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : On My Desk

Sept. 6 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.

June 21 issue

• Amish are not standing still

  On my desk is An Amish Paradox: Diversity and Change in the World’s Largest Amish Community, by Charles E. Hurst and David L. McConnell, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2010, 356 pages, $30.

Oct. 5, 2009 issue

• Lives of service in Paraguay

  On my desk is Robert and Myrtle Unruh: A Legacy of Christian Service and Goodwill in Paraguay, 1951-1983, by Gerhard Ratzlaff and Philip Roth, published by Masthof Press, Morgantown, Pa., 2009, 269 pages, $19.95

Sept. 28, 2009 issue

• Year at ‘holiest’ university

  On my desk is The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University, by Kevin Roose, published by Grand Central Publishing, 2009, 324 pages, $24.99.
  

Sept. 7, 2009 issue

• Writers join familiar debate

  In Reasoning Together: A Conversation on Homosexuality (Herald Press, 2008), Ted Grimsrud and Mark Thiessen Nation echo the popular debates about the exclusion of non-celibate homosexuals from church membership. Each takes a turn presenting his case, and then the other offers critical engagement.

May 4, 2009 issue

• Politics beyond an election

  After an important election year, how do we think about political engagement? Do I have to wait for another election so I can fill that gnawing political void?

March 9, 2009 issue

• Comic novel of growing up

  On my desk is Christian Bride, Muslim Mosque by Paul Wiebe, published by Komos Books, 2008, 228 pages, $13.49.

Jan. 5, 2009 issue

• ‘Modern’ early Anabaptist

  On my desk is Marpeck: A Life of Dissent and Conformity by Walter Klaassen and William Klassen, published by Herald Press, 2008, 377 pages, $32.99.

Dec. 1, 2008 issue

• An introduction to Paraguay

  On my desk is One Body, Many Parts: The Mennonite Churches in Paraguay, by Gerhard Ratzlaff, translated by Jake K. Balzer, privately published, 2008, 307 pages, $15.

Sept. 29, 2008 issue

• Tabor rose from the ashes

  On my desk is Tabor College: A Century of Transformation, 1908-2008, by Peggy Goertzen, Richard Kyle, Lynn Jost and David C. Peters, edited by Douglas B. Miller, published by the Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Hillsboro, Kan., 2008, 236 pages, $50.

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