The Legacy of Pacifism
I get asked diverse questions about Hutterites both at speaking engagements and in casual conversation with individuals I meet out and...
Hutterite Headlines: Blessed Are The Story-Tellers
Earlier this month I was invited to be a guest speaker at a diversity conference in Morden, Manitoba. I found myself in the company of 2...
New Bishop for Schmiedeleut 1Hutterites
Renewed Hope for Reconciliation When the metaphorical fumata bianca (white smoke) billowed from the Hutterite version of the Vatican on...
My Enriching Trip to Hutterite Sites in Europe
Last week I returned from a most enriching research trip to Europe, awed by what I saw. Despite generous helpings of wiener-schnitzel,...
A Hutterite Bride
While I'm in Europe gathering the seeds for my next book I leave you with this excerpt from my memoir, I Am Hutterite. Alone in her...
The Hutterite Story Unfolds
By the time you read this I will be touching down in Zurich Switzerland to begin a 2-year writing project which will result in my next...
Hutterite Kindergarten: Kleineschul
While I'm in Europe gathering the seeds for my next book I leave you with this excerpt from , I Am Hutterite. (The gorgeous and delicious...
What Canada Means to Hutterites
Dear readers, I would like to share with you a prayer that was sent to me by a Hutterite friend. He wrote it in honor of Canada’s 150th...
A Hutterite Garden
I’m at the head gardener’s house at Misty Acres Hutterite Colony in Saskatchewan, and I can’t stop eating. I have just asked for a third...
Hutterite Food Cravings
I often crave the authentic Hutterite foods on which I was raised. The soups and sweets and breads of my childhood still make me lonely...
