Malinda Elizabeth Berry is a doctoral student at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. Her work focuses on theological anthropology and the authority of Scripture. In addition to serving on the Reference Committee of the Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA, she is a member of Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship. Jo-Ann Brant is Professor of Bible, Religion, and Philosophy at Goshen (Ind.) College. Her research interests lie in the philosophy of language and in the gospel of John. She is a member of College Mennonite Church where she serves as the coordinator for the MYF Sunday school program. Owen Burkholder is Conference Minister for Virginia Mennonite Conference. He is the former pastor of Community Mennonite and Park View Mennonite Churches of Harrisonburg, Virginia, and a former moderator of the Mennonite Church (1995-1997). He is a member of Park View Mennonite Church. Ron Byler is Associate Executive Director of Mennonite Church USA. He and his wife, Mim Shirk, live in Goshen, Indiana. where they are members of Eighth Street Mennonite Church. Lin Garber is a retired concert and church singer. A 1957 graduate of Goshen College, he does occasional editing and research work and some freelance writing. He is an active member of the Mennonite Congregation of Boston. Ray Gingerich is Professor Emeritus of Theology and Church History at Eastern Mennonite University. His doctoral work focused on Anabaptist mission. He refers to the Anabaptists as the sixteenth-century Base Christian Communities. His recent writings include an essay, "Resurrection: The Nonviolent Politics of God." He and his wife are life-time war tax resisters and longtime members of FOR. He is a member of Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Roy Hange is Co-Pastor, with his wife Maren, of Charlottesville Mennonite Church in Charlottesville, Virginia. Previous to this assignment he served for ten years with Mennonite Central Committee in the countries of Egypt, Syria and Iran. He also speaks and writes in the area of religious identity and peacemaking. Nancy Heisey is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Church History at Eastern Mennonite University, and currently president of Mennonite World Conference. She is a member of Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia and also a member of Cross Roads Brethren in Christ Church, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. John Kampen is Academic Dean and Professor of New Testament at Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He is the former Academic Dean of Bluffton University and Payne Theological Seminary. He is the author of various books and journal articles including The Hasideans and the Origin of Pharisaism: A Study of 1 and 2 Macabees. A good deal of his research has centered on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Richard A. Kauffman is Senior Editor and Book Review Editor for the Christian Century magazine, Senior Editor of Leader magazine published by the Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada, and a member of Lombard (Ill.) Mennonite Church. Paul Keim is Professor of Bible, Religion and Biblical Languages at Goshen (Ind.) College. His primary fields of expertise are in Old Testament, and Ancient Near Eastern languages and literatures. He formerly served as Academic Dean at Hesston College and at Goshen College. Among other writings, he has authored chapters on Mennonite higher education, biblical nonviolence, and Ancient Near Eastern maledictions. He and his wife Julie have three children, Anna Beth, Naomi, and Ian. Marilyn Rayle Kern served as Assistant Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Bluffton, Ohio and Pastor of the Chicago Community Mennonite Church (formerly Oak Park Mennonite Church) in Chicago. She is retired and lives in Findlay, Ohio. Phil Kniss is Pastor of Park View Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is married to Irene Hershberger Kniss, and they are parents of three daughters, all of whom are currently students in Mennonite colleges. James R. Krabill is Senior Executive for Global Ministries at Mennonite Mission Network. He and his wife, Jeanette, have three children, Matthew, Elisabeth and Mary Laura, all born in West Africa during their years of mission service there, 1978-1996. They currently live in Elkhart, Indiana, and attend the Prairie Street Mennonite Church. Elizabeth Landis is a graduate of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana. She currently lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and is employed by the Octorara Area School District as a Violence Prevention Coordinator. Susan Mark Landis leads and organizes peace and justice advocacy work for Mennonite Church USA. In that role, she ensures a peace and justice presence at Mennonite Church USA Assemblies, serves on the Executive Board anti-racism team, and provides a link to Mennonite World Conference, Christian Peacemaker Teams, and Peace Tax Fund. Her joys are time with family (including husband Dennis and teen-agers Laura and Joel) and friends, working in the perennial bed, baking bread, and thoughtful drama. Cynthia Lapp, Mt. Rainier, Maryland, is Co-Pastor at Hyattsville (Md.) Mennonite Church just outside Washington, D.C.. She is married to Eric Stoltzfus and mother to three young children, Cecilia, Jamie and Elijah. Craig Maven is the Senior Pastor at First Mennonite Church, Berne, Indiana. He is currently enrolled at Asbury Theological Seminary in the Doctor of Ministry program. He is married with two daughters. Keith Graber Miller is Professor of Bible, Religion, and Philosophy at Goshen College, teaching primarily in the areas of ethics and theology. He is the author of Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves: American Mennonites Engage Washington (University of Tennessee Press, 1996), editor or co-editor of two other books, and contributor of chapters to a dozen other texts. He is a member of Assembly Mennonite Church in Goshen, husband of Ann Graber Miller, and father of Niles, Mia, and Simon. Lee Snyder is President of Bluffton (Oh.) University and before coming to Bluffton in 1996, she was Vice President and Academic Dean at Eastern Mennonite University. Lee has served as a resource in various leadership institutes and on community, church and education boards. She and her husband Del attend First Mennonite Church in Bluffton and are the parents of two daughters. Dorothy Jean Weaver is Professor of New Testament at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Virgnia. She is the author of Matthew’s Missionary Discourse: A Literary Critical Analysis and the compiler/editor of Bread for the Enemy: A Peace and Justice Lectionary. Dorothy Jean is a member of Community Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg. J. Denny Weaver is Professor of Religion and The Harry and Jean Yoder Scholar in Bible and Religion at Bluffton (Oh.) University, and a member of First Mennonite Church of Bluffton. His recent publications include The Nonviolent Atonement and Teaching Peace: Nonviolence and the Liberal Arts, which he co-edited with Gerald Biesecker-Mast. Earl Zimmerman is the Assistant Professor of Bible and Religion at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and a Pastor at Shalom Mennonite Congregation. He recently completed his Ph.D. dissertation "A Praxis of Peace: The ‘Politics of Jesus’ according to John Howard Yoder," soon to be published in the C. Henry Smith series by Cascadia. He and his wife Ruth are the parents of three grown children, Krista, Stephen, and Sara. Telling Our Stories orders:
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