As our modern life grows seemingly more fragmented and alienated, these portraits offer an alternative. Many share similar stories of feeling isolated, a “desperate emptiness,” before they joined the Bruderhof community... Life together, by contrast, presents a kind of wholeness. This book speaks to those longing for wholeness, especially challenging the church to take up God’s call to live peaceably with all men. — First Things
The Bruderhof Christian movement shares similarities to groups like the Amish and Mennonites. Bruderhof community members live quiet lives, serving God. The fact that they eschew many of the trappings of modern life makes them endlessly fascinating to the outside world. This beautifully produced book, sure to draw in the spiritually curious, is a centenary celebration of the Bruderhof, told via testimonials by members from communities around the world. Some members, like Dorothy, have grown up within the Bruderhof; others, like Quaker Tom, came from similar traditions. Some people, like Josef, come from non-Christian faiths, and some, like Brian, step out of the Bruderhof for a while and return later, always welcomed back. The accounts all share a sense of having come home, and of finding peace in not having to prove one's worth or achieve material success. Photographs are vivid and beautifully composed; some pop with vitality; others are respectful windows into another world. A timeline of Bruderhof history and a world map of their communities complete this lovely book. —Booklist
Celebrating a century of Christian communal living, this oversized volume is filled with photo-essays describing the lives and contributions of past and present residents of the Bruderhof. . . . Photographer Danny Burrows illustrates ten chapters with images of society participants organized by the goals of this movement . . . showing how they work for a purpose, seek peace, share their faith, practice charity, and work together in sickness and health. . . . A laudable centennial presentation for this community that also serves to introduce this group to the general public. —San Francisco Book Review
This full sized coffee-table style volume is a delight to browse through and an impressively informative, beautifully illustrated, inspired, and inspiring history that is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and academic library collections. —Midwest Book Review
