The Measure of My Days: Engaging the Life and Thought of John L. Ruth

This volume is a collection of essays in honor of the life and ministry of an exceptionally prolific and creative Mennonite. John L. Ruth, historian, filmmaker, storyteller and pastor, has wrestled with the themes of community, inclusion/exclusion, and art within a traditional religious fellowship. The book’s writers have themselves thought deeply about these themes of community, the artist, and Christian faith. They include Ervin Beck, John Richard Burkholder, Tony Campolo, Reta Halteman Finger, Jan Gleysteen, Leonard Gross, Jeff Gundy, Ann Hostetler, Julia Kasdorf, John A. Lapp, Eloise Hiebert Meneses, Elmer S. Miller, Elizabeth Morgan, Alice Parker, John D. Rempel, Ervin R. Stutzman, and the editors.