Watch for these
Forthcoming Books from
Cascadia Publishing House LLC
(Arranged roughly in order of expected release date)

Books are slated for release in 2009 and beyond, as noted. Any books marked DSB are released by Cascadia Publishing House LLC under the DreamSeeker Books imprint. Titles and times are tentative and may change before publication.

A Mennonite Woman: Exploring Spiritual Life and Identity, Dawn Ruth Nelson (winter 2010). "My grandmother was named Susan Alderfer Ruth. She was born in 1909 and died in 2005. In those years, in an area just north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she led a life representative of what a certain kind of Mennonite spirituality was then and some Amish spirituality remains today. In 2001, I decided to talk to her and determine what formed her spiritually. I felt I could generalize from her life—discover practices in her life that would help me get at the core of Mennonite spirituality and spiritual formation in the twentieth century." —Dawn Ruth Nelson, in Chapter 1

At Powerline and Diamond Hill: Unexpected Intersections of Life and Work (DSB, winter 2009), a memoir by Lee Snyder (DSB, 2010). This story, which begins with a place—a farm and a church—represents a personal journey of discovery; an attempt to uncover those pivotal forces which are never fully understood in constructing a life. . . . At the center of it all is the timeless present worked out through everyday rhythms of hunger and fullness, of sun, wind and rain, of light and darkness, of inexorable and unreasoned joy, of discontent and gratitude. —Lee Snyder, in the Preface

An American in Persia: A Pilgrimage to Iran, Richard A. Kauffman (winter 2009), who tells stories of his encounters with Iranians, their culture and politics, to give witness to ways walls can break down when the stories, culture, and history of others are attended to. The image that many people in the West have of Iran is of a country run by radical Muslim clerics who support terrorism in the Middle East and are determined to build nuclear weapons that will pose a threat to Israel and beyond. This is only part of the reality. Determined to get a fuller picture, Kauffman traveled to Iran as a journalist in 2008. What surprised him was how many total strangers approached him and his fellow travelers on the street . They showed the kind of hospitality for which Middle Eastern culture is known. Kauffman is hopeful that Americans and Iranians aren't doomed to be enemies and that mutual understanding is possible between Christians and Shi'a Muslims.

Diary of a Kidnapped Colombian Governor: A Journey Toward Nonviolent Transformation, Guillermo Gaviria Correa (winter 2010), ed. James F. S. Amstutz, trans. Hugo and and Norma Zorilla. The dramatic rescue and release of Colombia hostage Ingrid Betancourt on July 2, 2008, riveted the world's attention on this South American country. Another 2002 kidnapping victim was the governor of Antioquia, Guillermo Gaviria Correa. Little known is his embrace of nonviolence as a political strategy—a strategy that led to his capture by the FARC and his tragic death during a failed rescue attempt in 2003. Is a non-killing society possible? Here is the story of how Governor Guillermo Gaviria of the state of Antioquia, in Colombia, paid with his life for taking this question seriously and modeling nonviolent leadership and love.

Roots and Branches: A Narrative History of the Amish and Mennonites in the Southeast United States, 1892-1992, volume 1, Roots, Martin W. Lehman (winter 2010). This book tells the story of Southeast Mennonite Conference, a diverse Mennonite denominational body that, from its inception, included small churches rooted in missions and larger congregations of Sarasota begun by Mennonites who moved south for sunshine and business opportunities. Roots and Branches recounts decade by decade the century-long history of Amish and Mennonites in the Southeast United States. With gentle candor Lehman, storyteller as well as historian, examines southeast Mennonites' clashes of conscience as their subculture was challenged by the diverse cultures of the people they sought to serve.

Peace Be with You: The Church's Benedication Amid Violent Empires, ed. Sharon Baker and Michael Hardin (spring 2010). Is it the church's role to sustain cultures and empires? Or should churches take a prophetic stand in relation to the human situation? Can the church both stand for justice and continue in the way of peace? This book offers proposals for those who want to carry forth Christ's benediction of peace. Authors include Brian McLaren, Craig A. Carter, Sharon L. Baker, Andy Alexis-Baker, Derek Alan Woodard-Lehman, Ted Grimsrud, Richard T. Hughes, B. Keith Putt, Jim S. Amstutz, Anthony Siegrist, Jean F. Risley, David B. Miller, Reta Halteman Finger, Jonathan Sauder.

Storage Issues: Poems, 1998-2008, Suzanne Kay Miller (DSB, spring 2010). Storage Issues pictures an individual wandering through the remains of communal life. These personal lyric and narrative poems search for meaning in the background, events, and concerns of one Mennonite woman\rquote s existence. The poems invoke archetypal help and seek elemental order, but they also accept the changing world.

The Singing Junk-Man, Truman H. Brunk (DSB, spring 2010). A sequel to That Amazing Junk-Man, The Singing Junk-Man is Brunk's second book drawing on his life and ministry. A natural story-teller, Brunk draws upon a lifetime of personal experiences with many age groups, and people from a wide variety of backgrounds. These are stories of humor, grace, and hope.

Let Morning Come, collected poems by Julie Cadwallader (DSB, 2010).

Rethinking Religion: Beyond Scientism, Theism, And Philosophic Doubt, Alan Soffin (2010).

This Crowded Night, stories by Elrena Evans (DSB, 2010).

European Mennonite Voluntary Service, Calvin W. Redekop (2010).

Third-Way Theology: Christian Witness in a Post-Christian Empire (working title), Tripp York (2010).

The Jesus Factor in Peacemaking, C. Norman Kraus (2011)

Roots and Branches: A Narrative History of the Amish and Mennonites in the Southeast United States, 1892-1992, volume 2, Branches, Martin W. Lehman (2011).

Sticking Point, a novel by Shirley Kurtz (DSB, 2011).

Jesus Loves Women: A Memoir of Sexuality and Spirit, Tricia Gates Brown (DSB, 2011).

How Trees Must Feel, poems by Chris Longenecker (DSB, 2011).

The "Ideal" Couple: The Shadow Side of a Marriage, Marilyn and Carl Wolgemuth (DSB, 2011).

Present Tense: A Mennonite Spirituality, Gordon Houser (2011)

A Table of Sharing: Mennonite Central Committee and the Expanding Networks of Mennonite Identity, ed. Alain Epp Weaver (2011). Over more than ninety years, MCC , the relief, development, and peacebuilding agency of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches in Canada and the United States, has been both a product and a producer of Mennonite identity. MCC arose and has been sustained through inter-Mennonite cooper ation, while MCC has also served as a catalyst for expanding the networks of Mennonite identity. In this volume, over twenty leading scholars explore how MCC has contributed, to borrow a phrase for the renowned historian of nationalism, Benedict Anderson, to the "imagined communities" of Mennonite peoplehood.

Many other volumes are in earlier stages of development. As they reach the stage of formal production, they too will be added to this list, providing a preview of forthcoming books four-24 months ahead of publication.

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