CTMS conference Part 2: The Great Terror, and Being Wrong
As winter descends, I find myself dreaming of diving into all the things I have attempted to learn. This is more about that attempt. More […]
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CTMS conference Part 1: Terror, Münster, Mennonites, and Justice
If you’ve followed Mennotoba for a while, you may have noticed I like to attend and then write about the annual CTMS conference. That stands […]
Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: messy notes on the CTMS conference pt 1
It was probably the CTMS conference that first sparked my intrigue for exploring whatever Mennonites are, do, and have done. (All of this is up […]
Epic Tour of the East Reserve
I want to tell you everything at once. But I guess I’ll do the Mennonite thing and start at the beginning — before telling you […]
Finding my great-great-great-grandfather’s homestead in Mountain Lake
1982: sixty-year-old Anna was behind the wheel. In the passenger seat, her 90-year-old mother Helena. They were approaching their destination: Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Helena instructed […]