Contents:
- How would Jesus vote (Scott Holland)
- Brethren in Missouri, 1795-1865 (Jane Neher Davis)
- Every home a christian home: women's work on the church of the brethren mission field in Shanxi, China, 1919-1939 (Carol Longenecker Schmidt)
- Back to the future: heritage as a springboard for our emerging life and witness (David Radcliff)
- The incarnation of reconciliation: interpreting scripture through the person of Jesus (R.Scott Appleby)
- Islam beyond tolerence: the Qur'anic concept of ta'aruf (A.Rashied Omar)
- Vechol netivoteha shalom: all the paths of torah are peace (Rachel Gartner)
- The peace "core": five elements of a life of peace (Robert P.Miller)
- Shalom in kenyam culture (Benson Khamasi Amugamwa)
- Atonement, ethics, society, and violence (Thomas Finger)
- Resurrection as victory? The eschatological implication of J.Denny Weaver's "Narrative Christus Victor" model of atonement (Kate Eisenbise)
- A community of friends: John 13:1-17 (Val Fridell)
- The map (Jeff Neuman-Lee)
- Mutual aid in the bible and the early church (Frank Ramirez)
- The brethren witness and the search for a culture of peace in Africa (Donald E.Miller)
- The ecumenical dance of the church of the Brethren and the Brethren church; How the closed Brethren become open (Dale R.Stoffer)
- Coming alive and resisting conformity: defining pastoral excellence (David R.Miller)
- On the road to pastoral excellence: a process of becoming (Frances Townsend)
- Is the low fuel light ablaze on your spiritual Dashboard? (Glenn A.McCrickard)
- Leadership and spirituality: the pastor's balancing Act (Sheila Shumaker)
- Image, story, and place: portals to spiritual transformation (Paula Bowser)
- Going to get wonder-fully messed up: core values in a post-christian world (James Zerfing)
- The greatest adventure is what lies ahead! (Dennis Lohr)
- Learning by crossing cultures (Glenn and Linda Timmons)
- Church of the Brethren: 2008 pastoral study project (Steve Clapp)