Darla Weaver's
Gathering of Sisters: A Year with My Old Order Mennonite Family is at once heart-warming and challenging. It's a poignant peek into the daily life of Mennonite from one who would return, again and again, to that weekly gathering of "sisters". On warm days, the children play and fish and
build houses of hay in the barn. In the winter, everyone stays close to
the woodstove, with puzzles and games and crocheting. No matter the
weather, the Tuesday get-togethers of this Old Order Mennonite family
keep them grounded and centered in their love for God and for each
other, even when raising an occasional loving but knowing eyebrow at
each other.
The rest of the week is full of laundry, and errands, and work that
never ends. But Tuesday is about being sisters, daughters, and mothers.
Hear straight from Amish and Mennonite people themselves as they
write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken
series from Herald Press.
It's a beautiful collection of the stories of simple faith.
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I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review here.
