Crazy Quilt Pieces of a Mennonite Life Author:Cynthia Yoder Crazy Quilt is a love story, a spiritual journey, and a tale of awakening to the larger pattern -- the crazy quilt -- of human life. — In her mid-twenties and in a state of despair and marital strife, Cynthia left her husband, and dropped out of graduate studies at Columbia University, following her heart’s prompting to move to rur... more »al Pennsylvania. Her aim was to collect the stories of her aging Pennsylvania German Mennonite grandparents, an inspiration she had after realizing that there was not much about her culture in modern literature. What she didn’t realize was that she was embarking on a journey of inner healing that would lead her out of her depression. Coming to terms with family, cultural and religious roots she had cut off too quickly, Crazy Quilt: Pieces of a Mennonite Life is a story of love, healing and spiritual awakening from depression into a greater understanding of life and Spirit.
Crazy Quilt is a love story, a spiritual journey, and a tale of awakening to the larger pattern – the crazy quilt – of human life.
In her mid-twenties and in a state of despair and marital strife, Cynthia left her husband, and dropped out of graduate studies at Columbia University, following her heart’s prompting to move to rural Pennsylvania. Her aim was to collect the stories of her aging Pennsylvania German Mennonite grandparents, an inspiration she had after realizing that there was not much about her culture in modern literature. What she didn’t realize was that she was embarking on a journey of inner healing that would lead her out of her depression. Coming to terms with family, cultural and religious roots she had cut off too quickly, Crazy Quilt: Pieces of a Mennonite Life is a story of love, healing and spiritual awakening from depression into a greater understanding of life and Spirit.
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Crazy Quilt is a love story, a spiritual journey, and a tale of awakening to the larger pattern – the crazy quilt – of human life.
In her mid-twenties and in a state of despair and marital strife, Cynthia left her husband, and dropped out of graduate studies at Columbia University, following her heart’s prompting to move to rural Pennsylvania. Her aim was to collect the stories of her aging Pennsylvania German Mennonite grandparents, an inspiration she had after realizing that there was not much about her culture in modern literature. What she didn’t realize was that she was embarking on a journey of inner healing that would lead her out of her depression. Coming to terms with family, cultural and religious roots she had cut off too quickly, Crazy Quilt: Pieces of a Mennonite Life is a story of love, healing and spiritual awakening from depression into a greater understanding of life and Spirit.
- See more at: http://cynthiayoder.com/crazy-quilt-pieces-of-a-mennonite-life/#sthash.RiyZVsL2.dpuf
Crazy Quilt is a love story, a spiritual journey, and a tale of awakening to the larger pattern – the crazy quilt – of human life.
In her mid-twenties and in a state of despair and marital strife, Cynthia left her husband, and dropped out of graduate studies at Columbia University, following her heart’s prompting to move to rural Pennsylvania. Her aim was to collect the stories of her aging Pennsylvania German Mennonite grandparents, an inspiration she had after realizing that there was not much about her culture in modern literature. What she didn’t realize was that she was embarking on a journey of inner healing that would lead her out of her depression. Coming to terms with family, cultural and religious roots she had cut off too quickly, Crazy Quilt: Pieces of a Mennonite Life is a story of love, healing and spiritual awakening from depression into a greater understanding of life and Spirit.
- See more at: http://cynthiayoder.com/crazy-quilt-pieces-of-a-mennonite-life/#sthash.RiyZVsL2.dpuf
Crazy Quilt is a love story, a spiritual journey, and a tale of awakening to the larger pattern – the crazy quilt – of human life.
In her mid-twenties and in a state of despair and marital strife, Cynthia left her husband, and dropped out of graduate studies at Columbia University, following her heart’s prompting to move to rural Pennsylvania. Her aim was to collect the stories of her aging Pennsylvania German Mennonite grandparents, an inspiration she had after realizing that there was not much about her culture in modern literature. What she didn’t realize was that she was embarking on a journey of inner healing that would lead her out of her depression. Coming to terms with family, cultural and religious roots she had cut off too quickly, Crazy Quilt: Pieces of a Mennonite Life is a story of love, healing and spiritual awakening from depression into a greater understanding of life and Spirit.
- See more at: http://cynthiayoder.com/crazy-quilt-pieces-of-a-mennonite-life/#sthash.RiyZVsL2.dpuf
Crazy Quilt is a love story, a spiritual journey, and a tale of awakening to the larger pattern – the crazy quilt – of human life.
In her mid-twenties and in a state of despair and marital strife, Cynthia left her husband, and dropped out of graduate studies at Columbia University, following her heart’s prompting to move to rural Pennsylvania. Her aim was to collect the stories of her aging Pennsylvania German Mennonite grandparents, an inspiration she had after realizing that there was not much about her culture in modern literature. What she didn’t realize was that she was embarking on a journey of inner healing that would lead her out of her depression. Coming to terms with family, cultural and religious roots she had cut off too quickly, Crazy Quilt: Pieces of a Mennonite Life is a story of love, healing and spiritual awakening from depression into a greater understanding of life and Spirit.
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