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"When I started examining the subject, I thought there must be other images we could use to help us define what a Christian man looks like," he says. "I was sure that not every man wants to go into battle, or withdraw from others."

Brandt, who teaches spirituality at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, B.C., decided to test his idea by inviting some male friends to participate in a discussion group exploring different images of male spirituality. He sent each chapter out in advance to the group, which then met to talk about it.

The result of those meetings is Under Construction, which uses the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis to explore other images of male spirituality-images such as peacebuilder, forgiver, reconciler and creator of God's shalom.

For Brandt, male spirituality "reaches its height when it shows compassion to all people, beginning with those close to us. It's about being part of building God's commonwealth of love and justice, having the courage to face the wounds of our past and building a marriage, a family, and a career while empowering others to build with us."

Under Construction: Reframing Men's Spirituality was made possible through the generious support of Mennonite Men, an organization of the Mennonite Church that promotes and develops resources for men.

Copyright 2010 Herald Press

Copyright 2005 Herald Press.

From 1995 to 2002, the author and his family gave up all claims to personal property, moved to Starland Colony in Minnesota, and joined the often contradictory Old World existence of the Hutterites, whose isolated faming communes stretch across the American Great Plains and the prairie provinces of Canada. In Nightwatch, the author explores the modern-day expression of Hutterianism, born amid the flames and persecution of the Reformation and transplanted in the 1870s from Russia to the western United States. This is a story not only of spiritual questioning, but an inquiry into what it is be "strangers among strangers," looking at the inner callings that bring people together, and in some cases drive them apart.

Copyright 2009 Good Books

Readers will find practical ideas for managing family time, priorities, prayer, electronic media, and more to pass on the torch of faith.

Parents can feel overwhelmed by the responsibility of teaching their children so they will choose Christ's way for life. Here they will sense the privilege, joy, and confidence God will surely give them.

Copyright 2008 Herald Press

Hope Indeed! is his collection of stories of stunningly ordinary people behaving with extraordinary hope. These include Ned Wyse, a farmer/pastor in Michigan who was randomly chosen for beating by some neighborhood kids, the Palestinian parents who gave their young murdered son's organs to ill Jewish children, Michael Weisser and his family who took food to the white supremacists who had harassed them mercilessly, and more.

Copyright 2008 Good Books

Geddert's study of a few controversial issues--love your enemies (nonviolence), sexuality, divorce and remarriage, homosexuality, money and possessions--demonstrates how the discerning community can work toward consensus.

Copyright 2008 Herald Press

As their frame of reference shifted from the rural to the professional, many of these writers assumed key roles in leading and shaping Mennonite institutions. For all of them, some kind of service-to their church, to their community, to the world-was an imperative.

Theologically, they embraced an evangelicalism rooted in sixteenth century Anabaptism and a commitment to the Anabaptist vision of Harold Bender. in their time of social change, Anabaptism offered these sixteen individuals an explanation of what they believed and helped them nourish that centuries old sense of being an alternative to magisterial Protestantism.

These remarkable accounts reflect the experiences and stories similar to those of hundreds of Mennonites whose lives were changed during this disruptive era. By confronting their own beliefs and faith practices, they gradually transformed the Mennonite church. No more could Mennonites be Die Stillen im Lande.

Contributors include, Esther K Augsburger, Myron S Augsbuger, Titus W Bender, James R Bomberger, Gerald R Brunk, Ray Gingerich, Samuel L Horst, Albert N Keim, C Norman Kraus, Nancy V. Lee, Harold D Lehman, John R Martin, Paul Peachey, Calvin W Redekop, Calvin E Shenk, and Edward B Stoltzfus.

Copyright 2007 Anabaptist Center for Religious Study, Eastern Mennonite University