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All the Way to China
By Martha L. Charles Pepper
Isaac L. Hess, his sister, Amelia, and their Landis cousins from
Landis Valley Mennonite Church believed in missions and faith
healing before their Anabaptist group was ready to support them.
An exciting historical account about a group of young people in the
1890s who are challenged to follow the call of God in ways not easily
understood by their church. $12.95 plus 3.25 shipping (PA res. add
.78 sales tax) from Martha L. Pepper, 420 N. Mt. Joy St.,
Elizabethtown, PA 17022 at 717-367-5924 or pepperrm@etown.edu.
By Martha L. Charles Pepper
Isaac L. Hess, his sister, Amelia, and their Landis cousins from
Landis Valley Mennonite Church believed in missions and faith
healing before their Anabaptist group was ready to support them.
An exciting historical account about a group of young people in the
1890s who are challenged to follow the call of God in ways not easily
understood by their church. $12.95 plus 3.25 shipping (PA res. add
.78 sales tax) from Martha L. Pepper, 420 N. Mt. Joy St.,
Elizabethtown, PA 17022 at 717-367-5924 or pepperrm@etown.edu.
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A Useable Past:
A Story of living and Thinking Vocationally at the Margins
By Paul Peachey
Paul Peachey was shaped in the free church tradition and by
encountering a traumatized post-World War II Europe. From that
vantage point, he and Mennonite colleagues saw strengths in their
heritage and developed concerns that their denomination’s focus on
professionalization and in-stitution building risked hiding the
Anabaptist light under a bushel. Peachey’s quest is to discern
whether his is "a usable past" able to offer fruitful perspectives on
contem- porary trends. $16.95 from Cascadia Publishing House at
215-723-9125 or www.cascadiapublishinghouse.com
A Story of living and Thinking Vocationally at the Margins
By Paul Peachey
Paul Peachey was shaped in the free church tradition and by
encountering a traumatized post-World War II Europe. From that
vantage point, he and Mennonite colleagues saw strengths in their
heritage and developed concerns that their denomination’s focus on
professionalization and in-stitution building risked hiding the
Anabaptist light under a bushel. Peachey’s quest is to discern
whether his is "a usable past" able to offer fruitful perspectives on
contem- porary trends. $16.95 from Cascadia Publishing House at
215-723-9125 or www.cascadiapublishinghouse.com
Simply in Season
By Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert
Simply in Season is a community cookbook about foods that are
fresh, nutritious, tasty and in rhythm with the seasons. Written in the
spirit of the “More with Less” cook book, it features whole food
recipes that show the importance of eating local, seasonal foods that
offer security and health for our communities, for the land, for body
and spirit. Woven throughout the recipe pages are writings and tidbits
of information to reflect upon while the onions saute and the soup
simmers. $13.99 from Herald Press at 1-800-245-7894 or www.mph.
org/resources
By Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert
Simply in Season is a community cookbook about foods that are
fresh, nutritious, tasty and in rhythm with the seasons. Written in the
spirit of the “More with Less” cook book, it features whole food
recipes that show the importance of eating local, seasonal foods that
offer security and health for our communities, for the land, for body
and spirit. Woven throughout the recipe pages are writings and tidbits
of information to reflect upon while the onions saute and the soup
simmers. $13.99 from Herald Press at 1-800-245-7894 or www.mph.
org/resources
The Purple Crown: The Politics of Martyrdom
By Tripp York
Tripp York exhibits how Christianity’s ultimate act of witnessing,
martyrdom, is an inherently political act. By refusing to accept such
modern dichotomies such as mind/body, sacred/secular, and the
public/private, York argues that the path of Christianity cannot but lead
to a confrontation with the same powers that crucified Jesus. The
martyrs as ones who die like Christ bring forth, via memory, the
moment in which all the world was simultaneously exposed as fallen
and redeemed. .$18.99 from Herald Press at 1-800-245-7894 or
www.mph.org
By Tripp York
Tripp York exhibits how Christianity’s ultimate act of witnessing,
martyrdom, is an inherently political act. By refusing to accept such
modern dichotomies such as mind/body, sacred/secular, and the
public/private, York argues that the path of Christianity cannot but lead
to a confrontation with the same powers that crucified Jesus. The
martyrs as ones who die like Christ bring forth, via memory, the
moment in which all the world was simultaneously exposed as fallen
and redeemed. .$18.99 from Herald Press at 1-800-245-7894 or
www.mph.org
Grace, Faith, and Works
By Rev. Thomas R. Miller, B.A., M.A.
Thomas Miller says he wanted to put together an easy-to-understand
book that addresses the subject of grace, faith and works "for some
time now". "If," he says, "we are saved by grace through faith alone,
then what about works? Doesn't it say 'faith if it has no works is
dead?' What are good works?" In this 46 page book, Miller tells the
story of his mid-life experience with God and goes on to discuss
grace and forgiveness, good works, wisdom., separation from the
world, mercy, propitiation and freedom. $9.99 plus $4.00 shipping
from Masthof Press at 610-286-0258 or www.MasthofPress.com
By Rev. Thomas R. Miller, B.A., M.A.
Thomas Miller says he wanted to put together an easy-to-understand
book that addresses the subject of grace, faith and works "for some
time now". "If," he says, "we are saved by grace through faith alone,
then what about works? Doesn't it say 'faith if it has no works is
dead?' What are good works?" In this 46 page book, Miller tells the
story of his mid-life experience with God and goes on to discuss
grace and forgiveness, good works, wisdom., separation from the
world, mercy, propitiation and freedom. $9.99 plus $4.00 shipping
from Masthof Press at 610-286-0258 or www.MasthofPress.com
