Scattering Point: The World in a Mennonite Eye

CONTENTS

CONTENTS List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Cathedrals, Churches, Caves: Notes on Architecture, History, and Worship 5 2. Fantasia with Raspberries, Baby Chicks, Wine and Roses 37 3. Scattering Point 61 4. Scatter Plots: Depression, Silence, and Mennonite Margins 87 5. The Notebook in My Back Pocket 117 6. Where We Live: Two Scenes from the Black Swamp 139 7. The Sparrow in the Mead Hall: On Birds, Souls, and the World 151 8. “Would You Have Left All This for Waldo?”: Notes on a Partial Pilgrimage 167 Notes 193 Works Cited 205 v ...