Lucinda J Kinsinger

ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE: MY LIFE AS A MENNONITE

Plain? Yes. Simple? Well...

If you live in a conservative Mennonite community, edges are sewn shut and questions have answers. So if you’ve got a saucy tongue and a wide curiosity about the world, you’ve got a story to tell. 

As a schoolteacher in a small Mennonite school in rural Wisconsin, Lucinda wears long dresses and a prayer covering. But she uses a cell phone and posts status updates on Facebook. So why would a young woman with access to all these technologies remain within a sheltered community like the Plain Mennonites? How can someone with an eye for beauty and a sometimes sardonic wit stay within a tradition that values discipline and submission and uniformity? 

Anything but Simple is the stirring memoir of a young woman’s rich church tradition, lively family life, and longings for a meaningful future within her Mennonite faith. 

The book includes “A Day in the Life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish and Mennonites.

Intricate, personal, and endearing...Readers won't regret the time they spend in this book
Jerry Eicher
Bestselling author of the Land of Promise Series
In a charming, folksy style, Lucinda strips away the layers of gloss that have been applied to conservative Mennonites and Amish in unrealistic romance novels. Anything But Simple is the honest portrayal of the life of a conservative Mennonite.
Romaine Stauffer
Author of Aaron's Civil War

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