CENTER FOR MENNONITE WRITING

As most readers know, the Author graduated from Goshen College, a Mennonite insitution in Indiana.

The Center for Mennonite Writing (CMW), an online project undertaken by the Goshen College English Department, recently debuted.

One of the author's former professors has a short story posted on the Center. The story, written by Bob Johnson, is entitled "The East Window".

The story is rich with characterization, tension, insight into rural life, and Mennonite "eccentricities" (dare say the Author).

Below is the introduction to the story from the CMW:

The short story, "The East Window," by Bob Johnson depicts a dysfunctional Mennonite-Amish family and raises some intriguing theological possibilities. Is the story more "about" Rodney's experience in the barn? Or about his uncle who observes the disaster? Some of the cultural context is implied by the spellings of ...

Enjoy.

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