Author: John Newton BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The Life and Times of Menno
Author: John Newton BrownMenno Simons, His Life, Labors, and Teachings
Author: John HorschPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anabaptists
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Complete Works of Menno Simons
Author: Menno SimonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mennonites
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Bonnet Strings
Author: Saloma Miller FurlongPublisher: MennoMedia, Inc.
ISBN: 083619859X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
At age twenty, Saloma Miller left behind her Amish community in Burton, Ohio, and boarded a night train for Vermont, where she knew no one. In this poignant coming-of-age memoir, Saloma’s new life of freedom includes work as a waitress and plans to continue her education. Romance also blossoms with a Yankee toymaker. Soon, however, a vanload of people from her community, including the Amish bishop, arrive to take her back into the fold. Saloma’s freedom comes to an abrupt end when she goes back home to Ohio with them. Thus begins a years-long struggle of feeling torn between two worlds: will she remain Amish and embrace the sense of belonging and community her Amish life offers, or will she return to the newfound freedom she tasted in Vermont? Saloma settles into teaching in an Amish school and does her best to fit back into Amish ways, but a legacy of childhood abuse, struggles with an eating disorder, and questions of identity plague her. Her ties to the outside world remain, mostly through the quiet perseverance of the toymaker from Vermont. He keeps sending her cards, never giving up hope that their love could survive the strain of living in two different worlds. Bonnet Strings by Saloma Miller Furlong offers a universal story of overcoming adversity and a rare look inside an Amish community. Readers of Amish fiction and viewers of the PBS documentaries such as The Amish and The Amish: Shunned will find in it a true story: of woundedness and healing, of doubt and faith, and of the often competing desires for freedom and belonging.
Why I Left the Amish
Author: Saloma Miller FurlongPublisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1609172043
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
There are two ways to leave the Amish—one is through life and the other through death. When Saloma Miller Furlong’s father dies during her first semester at Smith College, she returns to the Amish community she had left twenty four years earlier to attend his funeral. Her journey home prompts a flood of memories. Now a mother with grown children of her own, Furlong recalls her painful childhood in a family defined by her father’s mental illness, her brother’s brutality, her mother’s frustration, and the austere traditions of the Amish—traditions Furlong struggled to accept for years before making the difficult decision to leave the community. In this personal and moving memoir, Furlong traces the genesis of her desire for freedom and education and chronicles her conflicted quest for independence. Eloquently told, Why I Left the Amish is a revealing portrait of life within—and without—this frequently misunderstood community.
The Life And Times Of Menno
Author: John Newton BrownPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019297797
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Life and Times of Menno S. Yoder, 1863-1952
Author: Margaret Kagarice YoderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : LaGrange County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Menno-lite
Author: Merle GoodPublisher:
ISBN: 9781561482955
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A lighthearted look at Mennonite life and practice, with all the quirky foibles and contradictions of an idealistic (but imperfect) people. Includes "Sentences Mennonites struggle to finish," "10 movies Mennonites should make," "Top 10 ways to spot an ex-Mennonite," "How to travel simply (cheaply) by depending on (sponging off) other Mennonites," and much more!
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
Author: Rhoda JanzenPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 080508925X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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.
Night Preacher
Author: Louise VernonPublisher: Herald Press
ISBN: 9780836117745
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This story is told through the eyes of Bettje and Jan, children of Menno Simons, who lived almost 500 years ago. Menno Simons was first a Catholic priest. As he read and studied the Bible, Menno began to understand the Christian life in a different way. Eventually he became an Anabaptist preacher. It was against the laws of that time for him to preach so Menno's preaching was done in secret at night to small groups. Soon, Menno Simons became the leader of the Anabaptists, now known as Mennonites. For 9-to-14-year-olds.