Dr James Jacob Fehr, recent presenter of the LMC's seminar The Earliest Gospel Sources and the Gospel of Peace, and Director of the German Mennonite Peace Committee, has recently contributed 4 articles to the New Statesman's The Faith Column.

Travel Stories
Here he talks about the history of the Mennonites in the context of their sojourns, and about people's reactions when he tells them his first language was Low German.

With the Grain of the Universe
Non-constantinian Churches are attempts to revive something of the original form of Jesuan communities that began in Palestine. Non-coercive faith is based on a fundamental conviction about the nature of the universe.

A balancing act
James Fehr talks about the Mennonite movement's struggle to distinguish community from the world.

17 Pieces of Peace
The Mennonite Church has often been stylized as an historical peace church. Here he talks about the struggles of achieving and living in peace.