A funny thing happened on the way to retirement–or at least that’s what John Roth, a history professor at Goshen (Ind.) College, discovered. “I just assumed I would retire at Goshen but in 2022 MennoMedia had the idea we should do something to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement.”
The latest in our Covenant Bible Studies series is here! Angela Finet has written a powerful study on Sabbath: God’s Call to Peace. Order 10 or more, and you’ll get 20 percent off. This is a great option for an adult Sunday school class or a Bible study group.
James (Jim) Miner has announced his retirement as Yearbook specialist for the Church of the Brethren, as of June 26. In this role, which he began nine years ago in November 2016, he has been responsible for creating the annual Church of the Brethren Yearbook.
Going to Annual Conference? We hope to see you there! Don’t forget to visit the bookstore. It will be in Colony A near the exhibit area. Brethren Press will offer book signings with five authors during the Annual Conference
Evoking both the spiritual and the deeply human, Between You and Me is an intimate conversation about the distance between people. With personal storytelling as her art of choice, theopoet Audri Svay draws on her experiences as a poet, professor, and pastor to challenge ideas of acceptance, question societal assumptions, and explore intersections of identity.
Messenger, the Church of the Brethren magazine, received three awards–an award of excellence, an award of merit, and an honorable mention–from the Associated Church Press in the 2024 “Best of the Church Press” contest.
The Anabaptist Disabilities Network (ADN) has published The Story of God’s First People: Bible Stories from the Old Testament, a Bible study curriculum for youth and adults with intellectual disabilities. Written by Jeanne Davies, ADN executive director, this Bible study fills the need for faith formation resources written from an Anabaptist perspective specifically for youth and adults with intellectual disabilities.
Shine: Living in God’s Light, a Bible-based Sunday school curriculum published jointly by MennoMedia and Brethren Press, is launching two important surveys this spring—one for congregations and one for families.
Hesston (Kan.) College is using the beloved storybook Bible from the Shine curriculum, The Peace Table, as a textbook in its Biblical Literature class. Introduction to Biblical Literature is a required course for all Hesston College students.
New resources from Brethren Press, the Church of the Brethren publishing house, include the 2025 Lenten devotional titled Take Up Your Cross written by Tim Harvey; two new Covenant Bible Studies including God’s Earth Our Home written by David Radcliff and Sabbath: God’s Call to Peace written by Angela Finet; and the 2024 edition of the Church of the Brethren Yearbook
