"What if Martin Luther King Jr., this name-branded, oft-sanitized preacher from Atlanta, is a prophet whose message America has yet to fully reckon with? Ten days before Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel said, "Where in America today do we hear a voice like the voice of the prophets of Israel? Martin Luther King is a sign that God has not forsaken the United States of America. God has sent him to us." ..."
"The contributors to this issue of "Plough Quarterly" focus on what it means to bear witness to the gospel. Peggy Gish reports on the church s response to Boko Haram in Nigeria, where thousands of Christians have been killed. But in addition to witnesses who die for their faith, there are those who live for it, such as the families of those who died in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. And in the wake of the US Supreme Co ..."
"The gospel teaches that every human is sacred. Refugee children and Islamist terrorists. Police officers and young African Americans. Unborn babies, always, and also abortionists. Orange-haired casino owners, former First Ladies, progressive hipsters, prosperity-gospel televangelists, members of Congress, Confederate-flag-waving white nationalists? Sacred. This absurd claim is at the heart of the gospel. Each person is created in the im ..."
"No matter who wins the next election, Caesar will remain Caesar, doing some good and some bad. But Christians report to a different king. This issue starts with a provocation. In contrast to an election campaign, this politics may feel grittier and less glamorous. This issue of Plough Quarterly explores what this alternate vision of faithful Christian witness in the political sphere might look like. You'll find articles on: -What two l ..."
"The future of humanity is urban. It might seem a bad move for a magazine named after a farm tool to bring out an issue on cities. Especially if that magazine is published by an Anabaptist community that originated in a back-to-the-land movement and still has the whiff of hayfield and woodlot to it. Why not stick to what you're good at? Why jump lanes? Because the future of humanity, pretty clearly, is urban. Urbanization is arguably the ..."
"What we want for schools reveals what we value as a society.“What’s the point of school?” Parents have a stock set of responses, but the question remains unsettled, even two centuries after the Prussians invented compulsory education. The Prussian idea of what a school is for – to mold the populace to serve the state – seems unacceptable today. In vogue, instead, are slogans like “acquiring marketable skills” and “realizing your full po ..."
"To give hope in uncertain times, this issue of Plough profiles people who have lived courageously. In unsettling times such as these, being told to "take courage" can sound like a grim joke. Yet courage is precisely what we're in need of today: courage to stand by the truth, and courage to stand by the gospel's claim that everyone belongs to God, because Jesus has overcome the world. To inspire such courage - and to guard against a fail ..."
"Food – how it’s grown, how it’s shared – makes us who we are. This issue traces the connections between farm and food, between humus and human. According to the first book of the Bible, tending the earth was humankind’s first task: “The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed” (Gen. 2:8). The desire to get one’s hands dirty raising one’s own food, then, doesn’t just come from modern ro ..."
"- Zena Hitz asks what we'd do with our time if we weren't so busy. - Kathleen A. Mulhern gives advice for keeping the faith afterhours. - Susannah Black Roberts celebrates the life and example of Tim Keller."
"Main Description: This issue opens with the story of Melania and her real estate-magnate husband, who decide to divest themselves of their entire wealth."
"On this theme: - Maureen Swinger's amateur choir sings Bach's Saint Matthew Passion. - Stephen Michael Newby says Black spirituals aren't just for Black people. - Mary Townsend finds Dolly Parton magnificent, but would Aristotle?"
Homage to a Broken Man The Life of J. Heinrich Arnold by PeterMommsen Paperback, Published 2017 by Plough Publishing House ISBN-13: 978-0-87486-106-8, ISBN: 0-87486-106-3
"This issue of "Plough Quarterly" explores our relationship with the natural world. Hear from leading scientists, farmers, writers, activists, theologians, and artists who have set their hearts and minds and hands to caring for the earth for generations to come. Bold, hope-filled, and down-to-earth, "Plough Quarterly" features thought-provoking articles, commentary, interviews, short fiction, book reviews, poetry and artwork to inspire e ..."
Homage to a Broken Man The Life of J. Heinrich Arnold - A true story of faith, forgiveness, sacrifice, and community (Bruderhof History) by PeterMommsen, Eugene Peterson Hardcover, 415 Pages, Published 2015 by Plough Publishing House Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-87486-613-1, ISBN: 0-87486-613-8
"A dramatic true story of a man refined by fire, a Bruderhof pastor whose spiritual legacy continues to touch thousands. Can our wounds become our greatest gift? Bruderhof pastor J. Heinrich Arnold was a broken man. Yet those who knew him said they never met another like him. Some spoke of his humility and compassion; others of his frankness and earthy humor. In his presence, complete strangers poured out their darkest secrets and left t ..."
Homage to a Broken Man The Life of J. Heinrich Arnold by PeterMommsen Paperback, 339 Pages, Published 2004 by The Plough Publishing House ISBN-13: 978-0-87486-931-6, ISBN: 0-87486-931-5
"People who knew J. Heinrich Arnold (1913-1982) say they never met another person like him. Some speak of his humility, sensitivity, and compassion; others of his frankness and earthy humor. In his presence, complete strangers poured out their darkest secrets and left transformed. Others wanted him dead. Few knew Arnold's past, or could have imagined the crucibles he endured. This is his story. a remarkable one of betrayal and forgivene ..."
Homage to a Broken Man(1st Edition) The Life of J. Heinrich Arnold by PeterMommsen Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2004 by Plough Publishing House ISBN-13: 978-0-87486-930-9, ISBN: 0-87486-930-7
"People who knew J. Heinrich Arnold (1913-1982) say they never met another person like him. Some speak of his humility, sensitivity, and compassion; others of his frankness and earthy humor. In his presence, complete strangers poured out their darkest secrets and left transformed. Others wanted him dead. Few knew Arnold’s past, or could have imagined the crucibles he endured. Until now. Three years ago, Peter Mommsen, 28, set out to unc ..."
"Is there a better way than capitalism?A much-cited recent poll found that more young Americans have a positive view of socialism than of capitalism. There’s a sense of newly opened possibilities: Might this be the moment for a mass movement of solidarity to overthrow the tyranny of concentrated power and wealth? But what exactly is this cause? Socialism’s champions know how to take effective whacks at capitalism, but diagnosis is not ye ..."
"Can beauty save the world?These days criticism of art--whether visual, musical, or literary--is often marked by a suspicion of beauty. What happened to the belief that the creativity of the artist reflects the creativity of the Maker of heaven and earth, and that art can therefore be a channel for divine truth? Anyone who has joined with others to sing Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion or stood before a painting by Raphael or Chagall can att ..."
"We need a vision of how medicine might serve the good of the whole human person: the body's health, but also the health of that "piece of divinity in us." Medicine, so long as you don't need it, is a tangential part of life, just one more profession among others. Until that is, a loved one suffers an accident or falls sick. Then, suddenly, medicine is quite literally, a matter of life or death. Medicine is also big business. Doctors ha ..."