As we follow Samatar, following the band of travelers, deeper into this unfamiliar distant land, it all begins to feel a little Tolkien-esque. she describes “an atmosphere of wonder and terror”, and says the pilgrims had a “sense of weird, excessive experience”.
For a while there, at the Steinbach MCC thrift shop, anything that loosely had to do with Mennonites was thrown onto the shelves labeled “inspirational”, […]
For Elise fell into my hands. Now what? This is a thick book, and I have a tendency to relinquish focus and many books I […]
One of the first ideas Andrew had when we started Mennotoba was to include a “5 Questions” section. I think he saw a similar short […]
This past week, Andrew and I viewed not one, but TWO films that are set here in Southeastern Manitoba, and I think it’s important that […]