Robert S. Kreider has moved at the center of the American Mennonite story for three quarters of a century, as an administrator, scholar, church leader and impassioned activist, and did much to shape its very course. This autobiography places readers inside the personal, familial, and churchly dynamics of Mennonite life in the first half of the 20th century.

Conflict happens whenever people live together -- even in Christian families, Christian schools, Christian businesses -- and even in the church. These case studies, both present day and biblical stories collected by Robert S. Kreider and Rachel Waltner Goossen, help readers learn to deal with conflict by experiencing the various roles: the peacemaker, the confronting antagonist, the weaker party, the victim. Questions for discussion and resources such as guidelines for role playing are provided to make this useful for group study or training in conflict resolution. Rich in insights that lead to ways of peacemaking in a conflict-ridden society.

Coming Home is an autobiography which spans 60 years of Dr. Robert S. Kreider's life from 1952 through 2011. Dr. Kreider documented the first part of his life (1919-1952) in My Early Years (Pandora Press, 2002.) Coming Home continues his life story, beginning with his move to the Bluffton (OH) College campus to begin his teaching career. The chapters cover a variety of professional and family topics --often within an historical context. Coming Home includes Dr. Kreider's narrative of his travels to set up the MCC Teachers Abroad Program in Africa, his Bluffton (OH) College presidency, the family's 6-month Mediterranean sabbatical, the move from Ohio to Kansas, and more.

Some four centuries ago, thousands of Christians died because they dared to refuse to join the state church in medieval Europe. Their reading of the Holy Bible and their consciences led them to believe that church membership should be a voluntary, adult decision. These believers died public, tortured deaths as martyrs. Many modern-day Christians claim these persons of courage as their spiritual ancestors. In the late 1600s, many of those scenes were etched on copper plates, some of which, still exist. Mirror of the Martyrs reproduces 30 of those etchings and tells the courageous stories of these people of faith.