Conservative Mennonite

Microscope of Grief

Steven Denlinger | Posted 02.22.2008 | Living

Read More: The Pirates of Penzance, Nuclear Reactor, Buick Skylark, Genevieve Morgan, The French Inquisitor, South Pacific, Amanda Swineheart, Drew Struzan, Conservative Mennonite, John David Drake, Kimberley Melin, Hoover High School, Laura Schmidt, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, Mike Melin, Akron General Hospital, Marjorie Denlinger, Ohio, Rick Campbell, AP College Board, Wendy Wagler, Theodore Leaf, 1998 Viking Yearbook, Erie, Healthsouth, Living News
Steven Denlinger

What kind of pain does an artist with an overheated core experience within a conservative Mennonite community like ours?

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Driving with Joe Overholt

Steven Denlinger | Posted 01.12.2008 | Living

Read More: John Fohner, Nickels Bakery, Akron Beacon Journal, Sarah Overholt, " Kent State University, Mayor Giuliani, Cain and Abel, VW Rabbit, Matthias Overholt, Virginia, Richard Denlinger, A Cappella, Vera Overholt, People, Ohio, Prodigal Son, Jr., Disney, Tim Denlinger, Heidi Denlinger, Hartville Kitchen, Abigail Overholt, Conservative Mennonite, Nathan Overholt, John H. Miller, Cleveland Hopkins Airport, Greg Yoder, Hannah Overholt, Hartville, Joe Overholt, Hartville Conservative Mennonite Church, Eastern Mennonite University, The Hartville Singers, Christian Hymnary, Paul Kurtz, Aclu, Dismal Swamp, The Ausbund, Sr., Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway, "I Will Abide, Robert Redford, A River Runs Through It, Norfolk, Kent, Living News
Steven Denlinger

When I think back over my childhood, I remember one person who was truly unforgettable. Joe Overholt.

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How To Tie a Necktie

Steven Denlinger | Posted 01.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Tums, New Testament, British Isles, Conservative Mennonite, Plain Coat, North Canton, Washington-Dulles Airport, Richmond College, Paul Milton Denlinger, Woman at the Well, Washingotn D.C., London, England, Spilled Wine, Beatles, Israel, Mennonite, Lancaster, Nehru Jacket, Rotary Scholarship, Catholic, Buick, Living News
Steven Denlinger

Coming from a broken home in the 1940s was quite different than it is today, and my father must have felt the pain acutely.

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What's in a B-210, Anyway?

Steven Denlinger | Posted 12.30.2007 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Dave Schlabach Construction, Ronald Reagan, H.G. Felsen, Street Rod, Cain and Abel, Arizona, Ricky Madison, New Mexico, David Arnold Detweiler, Malone College, Ohio, Kurtz Rubbish Service, Simon & Garfunkle, Death Valley, George Bailey, David Denlinger, Datsun B-210, Midwest Fellowship, Conservative Mennonite, It's a Wonderful Life, John H. Miller, Canton, Rod and Staff, North Canton, Texas, Hi Gloss Body Shop, Paul A. Volcker, Sunnyview Christian School, Chrysler, Hartville, Dan Yoder, Bmw, Rudy Giuliani, Napa Auto Parts, Rotary Scholarship, Maranatha Bible School, Market Avenue, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Mount Pleasant Road, Lansing, Silverwind, Mn, Living News
Steven Denlinger

I made the executive decision to begin rebuilding it. Surely, the process would produce a blonde girl with a dusting of freckles on her nose.

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Of Angels and Vampires

Steven Denlinger | Posted 12.21.2007 | Living

Read More: Akron Beacon Journal, Brown Derby, Conservative Mennonite, Earl Denlinger, Marine, Vampire, Kensington, Richmond College, Mag Denlinger, The Sound of Music, Los Angeles, Jewish, Jackson Township Police, Hartville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Honda Civic, Napa Auto Body, Jacob Mendel, Joss Whedon, Phoenix, Malone College, Ohio, Santa Claus, Marcia Ruth Denlinger, Celica Supra, Chrysler New Yorker, Sermon on the Mount, Catholic, Corvette, Presbyterian, Canton, Hebrews, Audi, Living News
Steven Denlinger

Sometimes the stranger who looks like an angel can turn out to be a vampire.

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Of Great Teachers, Libraries, and Bookworms

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.16.2007 | Living

Read More: Arthur Conan Doyle, Conservative Mennonite, Library, Tessmer's General Store, Hartville Christian High School, It's a Wonderful Life, Sherlock Holmes, All Creatures Great and Small, Beachy Amish, Angels, New York, Big Red, Comic Strips, Migraines, Ohio, Napa Auto Parts, Superman, Myrrl Byler, Jim Kjelgaard, James Herriot, Reader's Digest, Stanford Achievement Test, My Side of the Mountain, Junker, Catskills, Beating, Living News
Steven Denlinger

What makes one teacher loved and the other one hated? Both can follow the same curriculum, the same lesson plan, and yet there are two vastly different results.

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