IN THIS ISSUE
Summer
2008, Vol. 8, No. 3
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EDITORIAL:
A BALLET OF CULTURES
"Many of these articles in some way explore
a ballet of cultures."
LETTER
REAL
BALLERINA
Kathy Nussbaum
"I was lucky enough to have a Benefactress
who, unlike the average onlooker, believed fully
in my imaginary world."
LIFE
PASSAGES: OUR INDIA ASSIGNMENT
Earl Zimmerman
"Both of us felt a pull to return to Asia,
where we had previously spent eight years."
MONKS
AND AMISH
Gene Stoltzfus
"To a child, the solution seemed simple: If
there was a problem, just stop being Amish. . . .
Later my attitude changed. . . ."
Kingsview
MAY YOU TELL ME YOUR SECRET
ABOUT MARRIAGE
"We’ve been forced to learn, by trial
and error and God’s undeserved grace mixed
in, some combination of the same principles most
couples have to practice to stay married."
Michael A. King
Beneath the Skyline
I WANT TO LIVE LIKE A PURPLE
MARTIN IN A SAGUARO
Deborah Good
"Our culture’s obsession with personal
ownership is coming around to ‘bite us in
the backside’. . . ."
POETRY
BY TED GRIMSRUD
"It’s been more than 35 years. Does
anyone still remember?"
WHEN
I WAS EIGHTEEN
Mary Alice Hostetter
"I did not even glance at the chinchilla
farm or give it a second thought as I drove by. I
did not care why it came or why it left. That day
I was leaving."
THE
BIBLE TELLS ME SO . . . OR DOES IT?
Randy Klassen
"Inspiration did not keep Scriptures from
grammatical errors. . . . Or from numerical
inconsistencies. . . . Or from occasional nasty
comments. . . ."
Ink Aria
PUTTING MY BEST FOOT FORWARD
Renee Gehman
"How could I possibly experience the same
humility having my Salsa-polished, tea-tree-oiled
feet washed as I would if I presented feet to
washer callused and sans-Salsa?"
The Turquoise Pen
MY GIANT
Noël R. King
"Sometimes, when I eat too much, I worry
that maybe something else is going on here, that
a giant is fattening me up for the feast."
POETRY
BY MARY ALICE HOSTETTER
"Everyone but me, it seems, knows it’s
my time."
Books, Faith, World
& More
FOR THE RECORD ON JESUS: REVIEWS
OF RECOVERING JESUS AND
OF JESUS THROUGH MIDDLE
EASTERN EYES
Daniel
Hertzler
"Scripture is more like a lively and
open-ended game between its world and the world
of the reader than it is a closed book . . .
."
Reel Reflections
REDEMPTION ACCOMPLISHED: A
REVIEW OF "THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION"
David Greiser
"The film holds other hidden treasures I
only uncovered after several viewings."
DEVOTION
UNSPOKEN
Alan Soffin
"The music was the sound of human feeling. A
double miracle: that feeling can be heard and
that its hearing can be shared."
POETRY
BY ALAN SOFFIN
"I had my genes done."
POETRY
BY DAVID WRIGHT
"On this small bluff, lives hang like
leaves."
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