Issues, ethics, memory
I traveled in Germany recently searching for information on my Catholic ancestors. While there, I found that members of my wife's Anabaptist antecedents had rebelled against religious and civic authorities in Münster, Germany in 1534-35. Leaders of the rebellion were apprehended, tortured to death, and had their bodies placed in cages suspended from a church tower. The cages are still there.
We traveled recently in Germany, where I sought out ancestral roots. Our guide, a family friend, has located us in church records going back to the fifteenth century. And he was able to document a murder that has long been family lore.
We lost our dear brother Jackie Gruending to the ravages of multiple sclerosis in 2021 at age 57. This memorial booklet combines his personal history along with that of our family and community, with lots of photos.
Pulpit and Politics 