Melanie Zuercher, Newton, Kan., is a writer and editor for Marketing and Communications at Bethel College in North Newton, and the editor of Mennonite Life.
June 30, 2021
Issue 2021, vol. 75
Review of Mennocostals: Pentecostal and Mennonite Stories of Convergence, edited by Martin W. Mittelstadt and Brian K. Pipkin (Pickwick, 2020). Martin Mittelstadt of Evangel University (Assemblies of God) and Brian […]
Read More about Pentecostals, peacemaking and social justice
June 30, 2021
Issue 2021, vol. 75
Joining Voices Together is the biennial Worship and the Arts Symposium at Bethel College, North Newton, Kan., Nov. 5-8, 2021. The 2021 symposium will continue the celebration and exploration of […]
Read More about Joining Voices Together; Mennonite/s Writing IX
June 30, 2021
Issue 2021, vol. 75
The Amish and Their Neighbors: A Multidisciplinary Conference will be held at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, June 2-4, 2022. This international conference will […]
Read More about The Amish and Their Neighbors; Departing Canada, encountering Latin America
June 30, 2021
Issue 2021, vol. 75
Even before a pandemic shut down the so-called civilized world, Rachel Epp Buller, Bethel College professor of visual arts and design, who has been associated for the past number of […]
June 30, 2021
Issue 2021, vol. 75
Review of Safehold: Poems by Ann Hostetler (Dreamseeker Poetry Series, Cascadia Publishing, 2018) Ann Hostetler’s second book of poetry was published three years ago. There is a poem about the […]
June 30, 2021
Issue 2021, vol. 75
[Disclaimer: Not exhaustive] Books are available from their respective publishers or through online book vendors. Unpardonable Sins by David Saul Bergman (Wipf & Stock, 2021) David Saul Bergman is the […]
July 9, 2020
Issue 2020, vol. 74
Mennonite/s Writing IX, the conference scheduled for October 2020 on the campus of Goshen (Ind.) College, has been postponed until 2021. The new dates are Oct. 7-10, 2021, at Goshen […]
Read More about Mennonite/s Writing IX; Mennonites and the Holocaust
July 8, 2020
Issue 2020, vol. 74
I have been involved with Mennonite Life for the past dozen or more years as a proofreader, editor, reviewer and essay writer, but this is my first issue as editor. […]
June 6, 2019
Issue 2019, vol. 73
Around seven or eight years ago when I began more frequently hearing the word “fracking,” I knew right away what it was, in impact if not method. Back in the […]