MennoLink Books and Music

Copyright 2008 Herald Press

The storytelling perspective varies: sometimes from the martyr's point of view or that of a friend or relative, sometimes that of a child or bystander-or even the executioner or betrayer. The martyrs come alive through these stories and their witness for Christ inspires us.

Discussion questions focus on present-day meaning making this a valuable tool for study groups.

This is a history of Mennonites from the 16th century to the present. Through simply written, it reflects fine scholarship and deep Christian concern.

Revised third edition 1993.

First there is An in Holland in the early 1940's, fighting to keep the War from taking over her young, promising life. Despite being from a well-to-do family, she risks her life repeatedly to care for war-time refugees-hiding a baby in her hand-luggage while on a ferry that draws gunfire; distracting the guard at a bridge so a fugitive without a pass can be bicycled across; stuffing documents under a body lying in state in a room in her home when soldiers suddenly launch a raid; and much more.

At the same time, groups of women across North America meeting sewing circles, concerned that the War is destroying homes and families throughout Europe. They know they can't stop the devastation. But they can make quilts-and then bundle them up and send them off to do their part to give comfort and courage during the war.

Lynn comes 20-some years later, showing up in Amsterdam fresh from America in the mid-1960's, a little rebellious and tired of another war. She didn't know An then, and quilts were not something she ever made. But her grandmother and aunts and other older women in her childhood church did.

One weekend, Lynn discovers the quilts that survived the War and goes searching for their owner and stories. She found An and, ultimately, herself.

The book brings together these true, yet nearly unbelievable stories; it pictures 19 work-worn quilts, along with many historic photographs of the places where the War reached An, as well as current photos of An and Lynn together today. This is a treasure that will inspire women everywhere not to turn aside from helping others-in little ways, in ordinary ways.

Copyright 2005 Good Books.

Copyright 2000.

This book tells the story of Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by means of an historical introduction (Lawrence Klippenstein), diaries and memoirs (Jacob Dick, accessing his father's story), and a rich collection of photographs. The immediacy of the diary accounts and the graphic directness of the photographs preserve an important chapter of Mennonite history in Russia. At the same time, the response of the church in that time and place poses questions that continue to appear in the life of the Mennonite church world-wide.

Copyright 2002.