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“I respect traditional people - they have the eyes which see value in the tarnished. This is a gift in itself. Tradition requires a wealth of discipline in order to be adhered to, hence it is rarely found in youth.”

Source: Healology

“Throughout history, Christians have faced the persistent temptation of confusing the language we use to talk about God with the essence of Christian faith. This stubborn human tendency to turn doctrine into an idol - to confuse a human creation with the truth itself - can easily lead people to wield doctrinal claims as a weapon against minority or dissenting perspectives. Thus, anyone who does not line up with a certain formulation of Christian faith is not only wrong, but also a heretic and therefore worthy of punishment or death.”

Christianity Theology Heresy Christian Faith Anabaptism Anabaptist Mennonites

Book:Beliefs: Mennonite Faith and Practice

Source: Beliefs: Mennonite Faith and Practice

“Maybe living through it isn't the only hard part. Maybe being in the world afterward is also the hard part.”

Religion Lgbt Transition Transitioning Mennonites

Book:Little Fish

Source: Little Fish

“When we cross borders culturally, we experience some alienation from our own culture and gain an objective perspective toward our own culture at the same time. A bicultural individual comes to identify home as a culture outside his or her original identity, and may vacillate in commitment and loyalty to both cultures.”

Culture Bicultural Mennonites

Book:Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering

Source: Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering

“As the urban world becomes more hazardous, stressful, and complex, there are those who will be attracted to a simpler way of life.”

Urban Farming Farm Amish Rural Life Rural Mennonites

Book:Amish Society

Source: Amish Society

“Imagine the least well-adjusted kid in your school starting a breakaway clique of people whose manifesto includes a ban on the media, dancing, smoking, temperate climates, movies, drinking rock 'n' roll, having sex for fun, swimming, make-up, jewellery, playing pool, going to cities, or staying up past nine o'clock. That was Menno all over. Thanks a lot, Menno.”

Religion Mennonites

Author:Miriam Toews