by Rae Halder | Mar 12, 2015 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
Walking back to the retreat house from a morning mass service at St. Benedict’s Snowmass monastery, Buzz saddled up to me and asked if he could disrupt my silence. It was day 5 of a 10 day semi-silent centering prayer meditation retreat. Buzz and I had conversed...
by Our Stories Untold | Mar 7, 2015 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Uncategorized
“I was 11 years old. He was as old as my dad. And he took something from me, I didn’t even know that I had. So don’t tell me about decency. Don’t tell me about pride. Just give me something for my trouble, cause this time it’s not a free ride.” – Ani DiFranco I’m a...
by Our Stories Untold | Mar 4, 2015 | Features, Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog, theology
by Lisa Schirch In a new book of essays by Yoderian theologians, edited by J. Denny Weaver and entitled “John Howard Yoder: Radical Theologian,” peace and justice scholar and activist, Lisa Schirch writes an insightful Afterword. We are honored to...
by Our Stories Untold | Feb 24, 2015 | Features, Our Stories Untold Blog
by Kristin Neufeld Epp Editor’s Note: The following poem was first published February 7, 2015, on Kristin’s blog “Praire Daize.” She explained on her original post that her blog has become a platform for her journey with ptsd following childhood sexual...
by Our Stories Untold | Jan 31, 2015 | Our Stories Untold Blog, theology
by Hillary Watson Editor’s note: This is a cross-post from Hillary’s blog, http://www.gatheringthestones.com, first published on January 30, 2015. Even though this week a Goshen College student was slapped by Jennifer Lopez, John Howard Yoder is still the...
by Rae Halder | Jan 12, 2015 | Our Stories Untold Blog
In the past week two major Mennonite news items were released into the web-sphere: the long-awaited January edition of the Mennonite Quarterly Review devoted to sexual abuse in the Mennonite Church and particularly focused on John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse of...
