So I'm sorry for the delay in posting. I took a break in posting for the Christmas season. I figured since I had posted 80 posts this year that was plenty and a nice round number to end on.
So this Christmas season I read "Czars, Soviets &
Mennonites. By John B. Toews" it is a historical book on Mennonites in Russia. Most of the book focuses on the years 1915+. My roots comes from Russia though both of my Grandparents families came from the migration to the new world in the late 18th century due to land issues. Regardless there where many interesting things that I found from the book.
The Russian Mennonites did not know their roots and hardly knew who Menno Simons was. Through slow additions from the few Mennonites who studied abroad, and inside influences the beliefs changed. Though this was not apparent to them.
The prosperous Mennonite culture and lifestyle was destroyed rather quickly. The weath was simply erased by the revolutionary period and then sealed by the communists.
There was problems with separation of church and state. Everyone that was born Mennonite was assumed a pacifist and a christian.
Faith pillars such as non-resistance and pacifism which had been in existence for nearly 100 years where turned down in the matter of a few years. This might tie into the fact that every one was assumed a pacifist.
For me this poses interesting questions about faith, culture, and education. I strongly disagree with assuming someone is a christian because he is born into a culture. It also shows that how prosperity can be quickly turned into famine by war. Also it shows how we are changed by lots of things even though we are not aware of it.
God Bless us
God Lead us
PS (This is my interpretation of the book)
So things are busier these days so I will again give you a link to check out.
Here is an interesting audio clip. If you have time I recommend that you listen to it.
Recently I've been puzzled by how God works in our lives. I've been amazed. I guess as humans we expect the thunder and lightning of zeus. But many times we see the opposite. It's as if God is saying, that he is so powerful that he doesn't need the thunder and the lightning to do what he wants? Or is it because the thunder and lightning of zeus is ineffective? Do big guns and large forces actually lose the war? Is it maybe that a show of power shows weakness?
So I'm sorry for the delay in posting. I took a break in posting for the Christmas season. I figured since I had posted 80 posts this year that was plenty and a nice round number to end on.
