| Quiet and Peaceable Life: People's Place Book No.2 Original Edition Contributor(s): Ruth, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1561482323 ISBN-13: 9781561482320 Publisher: Good Books OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1997 Annotation: Imagine raising six spirited kids on a grass farm. Today. Thatrsquo;ll test any mamarsquo;s strength. Dorcas Smucker and her brood live out their days in full view in this collection of musingspicking blueberries while watching for bears hoping for angels driving off the nearby freeway moving into the ldquo;thousandstory houserdquo; enduring 15yearold Mattrsquo;s lecture on respect while captive in the car. Then there was the fourweek road trip which Dorcas says ldquo;My sisterinlaw warned me would be like putting your whole family in a bathroom and staying there for three days.rdquo; Dorcas and her husband Paul are purposeful parents. But they arenrsquo;t perfect. Dorcas wonders if their marriage can endure when she and Paul canrsquo;t ever figure out what gifts to give each other. She tries to navigate her mild daughterrsquo;s development into a very certain self wondering ldquo;When do I give in and when do I stand firmrdquo;There are no recipes here. But there is story upon story. Dorcas has three daughters and three sons. And she has a voiceencouraging doubting entertaining but never taking herself too seriously. Often slightly offstride and with disarming humility Dorcas keeps finding resource in her life at home ldquo;Often the things we donrsquo;t know we need come into our lives without knocking.rdquo; |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Mennonite - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious |
| Dewey: 289.7 |
| Series: People's Place Book |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.49" W x 8.44" (0.31 lbs) 94 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Evangelical - Theometrics - Mainline - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - New England - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John L. Ruth, a Mennonite storyteller/historian, captures the spirit of Old Order Mennonite and Amish groups in his essays, along with photographs, poetry, and quotations. If the plain people of North America are to be understood in terms of their own concerns, we must consider sympathetically their own expressions and the biblical cadences they echo. Having maintained, with the tolerance of their society, a simple life as the quiet in the land, these folk still prize such passé virtues as modesty, humility, and obedience to God's will, as interpreted by a disciplined community of faith. Their values, difficult to appreciate in a world bemused by progress, are seldom if ever articulated, except as curiosities, in our mass media. --John L. Ruth, in A Quiet and Peaceable Life. |