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From 1995 to 2002, the author and his family gave up all claims to personal property, moved to Starland Colony in Minnesota, and joined the often contradictory Old World existence of the Hutterites, whose isolated faming communes stretch across the American Great Plains and the prairie provinces of Canada. In Nightwatch, the author explores the modern-day expression of Hutterianism, born amid the flames and persecution of the Reformation and transplanted in the 1870s from Russia to the western United States. This is a story not only of spiritual questioning, but an inquiry into what it is be "strangers among strangers," looking at the inner callings that bring people together, and in some cases drive them apart.

Copyright 2009 Good Books

Jakob Hutter writes with a burning finger into the hears of his brothers and sisters. He speaks with the heart and to the heart.

When a doctor wearing ragged clothing appeared at their gate, Michael thought he, too, must be a Hutterite. He learned later that this was the famed doctor, Paracelsus. When Michael's sister, Gudryn, became ill, this 'doctor in rags' was able to help her. Michael was impressed and began to plan when he could be a doctor.

And then tragedy struck the Bruhn household. They were arrested along with the Hutterites. Their land was taken by King Ferdinand. Michael was put into chains with the Hutterites to become a galley slave.

Through an exciting escape Michael found Paracelsus. He decided to become both a Hutterite and a missionary doctor all because of Paracelsus, a 'doctor in rags,' who helped people.

Reprinted 2003.

An abridged edition of Anabaptist World USA.Copyright 2003. Herald Press

In the face of severe crises, which included war, increased persecution, and the complete expulsion of the Hutterites from their former homes in Moravia, Ehrenpreis initiated a remarkable revival and reformulation of Hutterian faith and practice.

Andreas Ehrenpreis' reforms left a lasting imprint on the Hutterites, leading the historian Robert Friedmann to call Ehrenpreis the second founder of the Hutterian Brethren. Nevertheless, no full-length study has ever been done on the Hutterites of this period and their influential bishop. Wes Harrison thus brings much needed light to this important chapter of the Hutterite experience.

Harrison's ground-breaking study makes use of all available sources, the majority of which have never before been analyzed. His work and approach have been described as meticulous, mature research marked by empathy, sound judgment, and scholarly integrity (Professor Werner Packull, Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo).

Readers interested in the development of Radical Reforming groups, in the history of communal Christian groups, and especially in the history and development of the Hutterian Brethren, will want to read this detailed and well-crafted book.

When the eggs finally hatch, everyone laughs to see the big geese following the little "mama" hen. But the geese are always getting in trouble. One morning the worst happens, and Rachel finds them dead. But wait! Are they really gone? There's a surprise twist to the end of the story.

Picture book for children aged 4 to 9.

Copyright 1993 Plough Publishing House

The resulting bibliography is a researcher's goldmine. Included in the more than 2,600 individual entries are many extremely rare items located in eastern European archives. In 1996 prof. Packull took the manuscript with him on his sabbatical leave to Europe. During this time, the eastern European entries were checked and corrected by Rev. Oliver E. Szebeni of Hungary.

The usefulness of the bibliography is enhanced by English annotations, so that readers not conversant in eastern European languages can still benefit from all entries.

Copyright 1997 John Hopkins University Press

Riedemann creatively weaves together a fresh reading of the Bible with the classical creeds. He produces a powerful synthesis of Scripture and tradition on which to Christian community. His dynamic vision of radical and communal discipleship still challenges believers toward a greater faithfulness to the Lord and to each other.

Riedemann's Confession gives theological grounding for the Hutterite understanding of economic communalism and offers practical examples. It still guides Hutterite communities.

Here is John J Friesen's English translation of the 1565 German edition in which he offers a new history of Riedemann. Volume 9 in the Classics of the Radical Reformation series. Copyright 1999.