A Way Was Opened

by Stoltzfus, Ruth Brunk; MacMaster, Eve; Heisey, Nancy R.

• ISBN13: 9780836192032
• ISBN10: 0836192036
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Herald Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(4)
Prologue	13	(2)
Part One Childhood and Youth 1915--1937	15	(30)
Nurtured in Love	17	(11)
Papa's Story About His Parents	28	(3)
Everything But Money	31	(6)
Spiritual Struggles	37	(4)
Grooming for Ministry	41	(4)
Part Two Courtship, Marriage, and Family 1937--1949	45	(36)
Two Hearts Are Joined	47	(7)
My World Becomes Larger	54	(6)
Our Little World	60	(7)
Lonesome at Home	67	(6)
Under His Wings	73	(8)
Part Three Heart to Heart 1950--1958	81	(34)
Heart to Heart Begins	83	(7)
Expanding Ministry	90	(11)
Rich in Happiness	101	(8)
New Directions	109	(6)
Part Four ``Homes Make the Nation'' 1958--1974	115	(52)
Babies, Books, and Baggage	117	(7)
Opposition	124	(5)
Our Changing World	129	(6)
A Time of Sorrow	135	(5)
A Time of Joy	140	(4)
The Best and Worst Summer	144	(3)
In God's Hands	147	(8)
Defending Freedom	155	(8)
Together	163	(4)
Part Five Heartbreak 1974	167	(22)
Grant's Death	169	(4)
Grant's Burial	173	(4)
Grant's Memorial	177	(2)
Grief	179	(4)
Helen's Journal on the Death of Her Father	183	(6)
Part Six Paving the Way 1974--1981	189	(32)
A Loyal Critic	191	(6)
``We Need a Pastor to Our Pastors''	197	(2)
Standing Up for Justice	199	(12)
Paving the Way	211	(7)
``For Such a Time as This''	218	(3)
Part Seven Interim Pastor 1981--1983	221	(52)
A Nice Surprise	223	(9)
Interim Pastor, Bancroft Mennonite Church	232	(14)
A Welcome, Open Door	246	(4)
Interim Pastor, Grace Mennonite Church	250	(23)
Part Eight In the Lord's Work 1983--1988	273	(50)
``He Will Watch Over Your Life''	275	(11)
Co-Pastor, First Mennonite Church	286	(16)
God's People in Central America	302	(3)
Associate Pastor, First Mennonite Church	305	(9)
Free to Prophesy	314	(9)
Part Nine Ordained Mennonite Minister 1989--2000	323	(42)
Controversy	325	(20)
Ordination	345	(3)
Pastoral Advisor	348	(3)
Radical Evangelical Anabaptist	351	(7)
The Next Generation	358	(7)
Epilogue	365	(1)
Index	366	(9)
The Editor	375