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Fire by Night

Author : Melissa Florer-Bixler
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1513804200
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Fire by Night written by Melissa Florer-Bixler and published by MennoMedia, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do we do with the Old Testament? How do we read words written in a world so different from ours, stories so ruthless and so filled with grace? In Fire by Night, pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler invites readers to marvel at the Old Testament. Page after page, in stories and poems and prophecies, the Hebrew Scripture introduces us to a God who is unwieldy and uncontrollable, common and extraordinary, and who brings both life and death. Using stories from Scripture and from her ministry, Florer-Bixler braids together the text with the sometimes ordinary, sometimes radical grace of God. The same passages that confuse and horrify and baffle us can, if we are paying attention, lure us closer toward God. This God has traveled with people through cloud and fire, by day and by night, since the beginning of time. The Old Testament is a perplexing book of profound grace, hope, and beauty. It’s a book of fire. To read the Old Testament is to draw close to God’s love, which continues to burn away our expectations and set us ablaze. This God has traveled with people through pillars of cloud and fire, by day and by night, since the days of the exodus.

Kansas Murals

Author : Lora Jost
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Kansas Murals written by Lora Jost and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete listing and history of murals in Kansas today, with each mural illustrated.

Horse-and-buggy Mennonites

Author : Donald B. Kraybill
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271028653
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Horse-and-buggy Mennonites written by Donald B. Kraybill and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining how the Wengers have cautiously and incrementally adapted to the changes swirling around them, this book offers an invaluable case study of a traditional group caught in the throes of a postmodern world."--Jacket.

Anointed for Business

Author : Ed Silvoso
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441268731
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Anointed for Business written by Ed Silvoso and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Business Is God's Business The notion that labor for profit and worship of God are now, and always have been, worlds apart, is patently false. The Early Church founders were mostly community leaders and highly successful businesspeople. The writing of the Gospels was entrusted to Luke, a medical doctor; Matthew, a retired tax collector; Mark, the manager of a family trust; and John, a food supplier. Lydia was "a dealer in purple cloth." Dorcas was a clothes designer. In this expanded version of the bestselling Anointed for Business, Ed Silvoso focuses on the heart of our cities, which is the marketplace. Yet the perceived wall between commercial pursuit and service to God continues to be a barrier to advancing His kingdom. Silvoso shows Christians how to knock down that wall--and participate in an unparalleled marketplace transformation. Only then can we see God's kingdom invade every corner of our world. Readers will appreciate Silvoso's passionate call to men and women in the workplace to rise to their God-appointed positions. The included study guide will enable the reader to put these revolutionary concepts into action.

Unlearning Protestantism

Author : Gerald W. Schlabach
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1441212639
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Unlearning Protestantism written by Gerald W. Schlabach and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this clearly written and insightful book, Gerald Schlabach addresses the "Protestant dilemma" in ecclesiology: how to build lasting Christian community in a world of individualism and transience. Schlabach, a former Mennonite who is now Catholic, seeks not to encourage readers to abandon Protestant churches but to relearn some of the virtues that all Christian communities need to sustain their communal lives. He offers a vision for the right and faithful roles of authority, stability, and loyal dissent in Christian communal life. The book deals with issues that transcend denominations and will appeal to all readers, both Catholic and Protestant, interested in sustaining Christian tradition and community over time.

The Mennonite Mosaic

Author : J. Howard Kauffman
Publisher : Herald Press (VA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Mennonite Mosaic written by J. Howard Kauffman and published by Herald Press (VA). This book was released on 1991 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on findings from surveys of thousands of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ denomination members in 1972 and 1989, this book answers such questions as: What are the current beliefs and practices? What happens when members become urban? How do they cope with increasing pluralism while retaining their roots?

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress

Author : Rhoda Janzen
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 080508925X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Mennonite in a Little Black Dress written by Rhoda Janzen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron comes Janze's hilarious and moving memoir about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis.

The Service of Faith

Author : Philip Fountain
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228022509
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Service of Faith written by Philip Fountain and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded over a century ago, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is regarded as one of the most important institutional carriers of Canadian and American Mennonite identity. Generations of Mennonites and others have served with the organization, carrying out development, disaster relief, and peacebuilding work in over fifty countries globally. The Service of Faith offers an ethnography of MCC’s Christian development work in Indonesia, exploring the challenges, conundrums, theologies, and ethical commitments that shape Mennonite service. The success of religious-based development work depends on effectively bridging very different cultural and religious worlds. Braiding together extensive ethnographic and archival research, Philip Fountain analyzes MCC’s practices of cultural translation in the Indonesian context. While the particularities of Mennonite religious values are deeply influential for MCC’s work, in practice its humanitarian project involves collaboration with a range of actors who come from widely varied religious positions. In taking a nuanced, case-specific approach to understanding how faith shapes moral projects, Fountain challenges mainstream claims to secular neutrality and the tendency to dismiss or disapprove of religious motivations in development work. Exploring the diverse ways in which Mennonite convictions permeate MCC’s work in Indonesia, The Service of Faith confronts the question of whether religion has a legitimate place in international development work.

Peace and Persistence

Author : Mary Jane Heisey
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873387569
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Peace and Persistence written by Mary Jane Heisey and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents material about the Brethren in Christ, a small, little-known religious group. In addition to drawing from official church doctrine, statements and records, it also features a variety of authors in church-related publications, records of congregational life, and archival sources.

Bodies of Peace

Author : Myles Werntz
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451489463
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Bodies of Peace written by Myles Werntz and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bodies of Peace argues that Christian nonviolence is both formed by and forms ecclesial life, creating an inextricable relationship between church commitment and resistance to war. In this volume, Myles Werntz examines the work of John Howard Yoder, Dorothy Day, William Stringfellow, and Robert McAfee Brown, demonstrating how each thinker's advocacy for nonviolent resistance depends deeply upon the ecclesiology out of which it comes. The volume argues that any account of an ecclesially-informed resistance to war must be open to a multitude of approaches, not as pragmatic concessions, but as a foretaste of ecumenical unity.

Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves

Author : Keith Graber Miller
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870499364
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves written by Keith Graber Miller and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In July 1968, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) opened an office in Washington, D.C., for monitoring the actions of the federal government's various branches. Given American Mennonites' long history of noninvolvement in political affairs, this shift toward engagement was dramatic indeed. In this in-depth study, Keith Graber Miller shows how the church's distinctive traditions of pacifism, humility, and service have informed and shaped the nature of its activities in Washington." "Graber Miller argues that Mennonites have both influenced the national policymaking debate and have themselves been influenced by their increasing exposure to it." "Wise As Serpents, Innocent as Doves not only explores the twentieth-century transformations among American Mennonites but illuminates the larger issues of religious lobbying in the nation's capital. Graber Miller suggests that the Mennonites have helped redefine what it means to be a lobbyist. Because the Mennonites' numbers are too few to make them a politically significant force, he argues, their only credibility in Washington lies in an astute and accurate analysis of how the world is and in the integrity of their witness to the truth as they see it."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Our Lady of the Exile

Author : Thomas A. Tweed
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195344499
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Our Lady of the Exile written by Thomas A. Tweed and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-10-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Lady of the Exile is a study of Cuban-American popular Catholicism, focusing on the shrine of Our Lady Charity in Miami. Drawing on a wide range of sources and using both historical and ethnographic methods, the book examines the religious life of the Cuban exiles who visit the shrine. Those pilgrims are diverse, and so are the motives that bring them. At the same time, author Thomas A. Tweed argues, Cuban devotees of the national patroness share a great deal. Most come to pray for their homeland and to recreate bonds with other Cubans, on the island and in the diaspora. The shrine is a place where they come to make sense of themselves as an exiled people. The religious symbols there link the past and present and bridge the homeland and the new land. Through rituals and artifacts at the shrine, Tweed suggests, the Cuban diaspora "imaginatively constructs its collective identity and transports itself to the Cuba of memory and desire." While the book focuses on Cuban exiles in Miami, it moves beyond case study as it explores larger issues concerning religion, identity, and place. How do migrants relate to heir homeland? How do they understand themselves after they have been displaced? What role does religion play among these diasporic groups? Building on this study of one exiled group, Tweed proposes a theory of diasporic religion that promises to illuminate the experiences of other groups that have been displaced from their native land. As the first book-length analysis of Cuban-American Catholicism, Tweed's book will be an invaluable resource to scholars and students of not only Religious Studies, American Studies, and Ethnic Studies, but also those who study cultural anthropology, human geography, and Latin American history.

Mennonite Memories of Puerto Rico

Author : Rafael Falcon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781500671341
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Mennonite Memories of Puerto Rico written by Rafael Falcon and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Mennonites in Puerto Rico arrived from North America in 1943, conscientious objectors and volunteers who established hospitals, schools, and agricultural and economic development projects. Later Mennonites came to plant churches. Gradually, through contacts and outreach, a Mennonite Puerto Rican culture emerged. Island-born individuals moved into active roles within Mennonite institutions and churches. This collection of stories by persons who participated in this process brings to life a fascinating mosaic of this history.

Experiments in Love

Author : Emily Ralph Servant
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725260069
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Experiments in Love written by Emily Ralph Servant and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-12 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could it be that the stories we tell in our churches weaken our efforts to be congregations who take risks in mission for the sake of love? In this thought-provoking book, Emily Ralph Servant suggests that the work of today's leaders is to explore new stories, listen to new voices, and open ourselves up to the Spirit's work of transformation. Experiments in Love engages in a three-way dialogue with feminist and liberation theologians, the social and behavioral sciences, and the Anabaptist tradition. Out of this vibrant conversation emerges the story of a God who takes the risk of being radically present to a vulnerable world. Because of God's courageous presence with us, we can also take the risk of being vulnerably present to others as God invites us all to participate in God's community of life, love, and flourishing.

Living in the World

Author : Ronald C. Jantz
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725273594
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Living in the World written by Ronald C. Jantz and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pages of this book, the reader will experience the religious adventure of Anabaptism and appreciate the core principles of nonconformity and nonresistance. This narrative history will impart an understanding of how a little-known group of Mennonites migrated through the countries of Western Europe, ultimately to bring a unique way of life to the Great Plains of America. Today, these people hope to live apart from the world as the Holdeman people or, more formally, the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite.

Religious Higher Education in the United States

Author : Thomas Hunt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429810598
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Religious Higher Education in the United States written by Thomas Hunt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1996 Religious Higher Education in the United States looks at the issue of higher education and a lack of a clearly articulated purpose, an issue particularly challenging to religiously-affiliated institutions. This volume attempts to address the problems currently facing denomination-affiliated institutions of higher education, beginning with an introduction to government aid and the regulation of religious colleges and universities in the US. The greater part of the volume consists of 24 chapters, each of which begins with a historical essay followed by annotated bibliographical entries covering primary and secondary sources dating back to 1986 on various denomination-connected institutions.

Mennonites and Media: Mentioned in It, Maligned by It, and Makers of It

Author : Steven P. Carpenter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630877735
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Mennonites and Media: Mentioned in It, Maligned by It, and Makers of It written by Steven P. Carpenter and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anabaptists and Mennonites have often been the subject of media scrutiny: sometimes admired, at other times maligned. Luther called them schwarmar, a German word meaning "fanatics" that alludes to a swarm of bees. In contrast, American independent film producer John Sayles drew inspiration from Mennonite conscientious objectors for his 1987 award-winning film, Matewan. Voltaire's Candide features a virtuous Anabaptist. Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest contains an Anabaptist reference. An Anabaptist chaplain is central to Joseph Heller's antiwar classic, Catch-22. President Lincoln and General Stonewall Jackson both had something to say about Mennonites. Garrison Keillor tells Mennonite jokes. These are just a few of the dozens of fascinating media references, dating from the early 1500s through the present, which are chronicled and analyzed here. Mennonites, although often considered media-shy, have in fact used media to great advantage in shaping their faith and identity. Beginning with the Martyrs Mirror, this book examines the writings of Mennonite authors John Howard Yoder, Donald Kraybill, Rudy Wiebe, Rhoda Janzen, and Malcolm Gladwell. Citing books, film, art, theater, and Ngram, the online culturomic tool developed by Harvard University and Google, the author demonstrates that Mennonites "punch above their weight class" in the media, and especially in print.