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A poem: The ice, five parts
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 abuse--"While...
John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse: Asking the wrong question
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 biggest Mennonite...
Unpacking the lies: What being queer has to do with sexual abuse
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 women...
Feminist organizing challenge institutions’ silence on Yoder
by Tim Nafziger In the new issue of Mennonite Quarterly Review, five essays look at John Howard Yoder’s systematic project of sexual harassment and abuse of women. Unless otherwise noted, the articles named below are part of the issue. Rachel Waltner Goossen’s essay...
The failure to bind and loose: Responses to Yoder’s sexual abuse
by Rachel Waltner Goossen Note from the Editor: This piece is cross-posted from The Mennonite, which excerpted it from a longer article, “’Defanging the Beast’: Mennonite Responses to John Howard Yoder’s Sexual Abuse,” Mennonite Quarterly Review 89 (January), based on...
Celebrating Winter Solstice as Survivors of Darkness
Happy Solstice, dearly beloveds. Today the Winter Solstice has ushered us past the longest night of the year. This darkest day is near Christmas, a day supposedly all about the cheer, the ho-ho-ho, the holly and mistletoe and kissing, and of course the joy of the...
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