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Articles : John E. Sharp

Guns, slaves and the Second Amendment

Since the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, the rhetoric about gun control has been strident and endless.

International students who come to study in the United States provide a window into American society. Typically, they are shocked by the level of gun violence. Yoshi Kasai, a student from Japan studying at Hesston (Kan.) College, finds it “unbelievable … that guns are actually sold in Walmart… . In my opinion, it is very scary that people can buy milk and guns at the same place.”

Mechanical sounds and living voices

The Hesston (Kan.) College campus was astir on Nov. 9, 1949, when a Steinway grand piano arrived.

An American officer, Nazis and Menno Simons

“If you can get out of the Soviet Union, find Christian Landes in Lautenbach, Germany,” Martha Rempel’s father, Jacob, advised his family when World War II broke out.

The voice of God or an old man?

Orie O. Miller (1892-1977) had an uncanny way of spotting talent. With his panoramic view of church ministries, he was well placed to match talent with assignments.

Walking Orie Miller Street in Filadelfia

Recently, I walked the 14 sandy blocks of O. Miller Street (Calle in Spanish, Strasse in German) in Filadelfia, Fernheim Colony, in the Paraguayan Chaco. It runs parallel to and one block east of Avenida Hindenberg, the main thoroughfare. It intersects with such streets as H.S. Bender and B.H. Unruh.