A course of study to understand what the Old Testament prophets meant by Prophetic Justice to make clear what it means to raise the dignity of ALL humans to the degree that the Other, the poor, the wretched of the earth were fully humanized.
For Richard, the next step was self-evident. What was it about Mennonite identity that set the Mennonite community apart from all others? A deeply engrained love of justice, or at least so he thought, to face the world squarely, with intension to say NO to injustice. It was at MBBC that the first stirrings of change came about within Richard’s consciousness. Bible School was followed by two years at Mennonite Brethren Bible College (MBBC). Growing up, Richard dutifully fulfilled his obligations ascribed to a young Mennonite man seeking admittance to the Mennonite fold, which was the church.įollowing graduation from high school, Richard spent two years at Winkler Bible School, where he studied music. Growing up in a Mennonite community in Winnipeg afforded Richard a sense of religious privilege often unattributed to outsiders, to the non-Mennonite. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Richard experienced a somewhat bucolic, unspoiled life. Peppered with an enthralling cast of characters-a college dean obsessed with orchids, a Greek landlord with a deep affinity for the works of Ernest Hemingway, and a self-important writer who vies with Archer for Abigail's affections- The Strange Courtship of Abigail Bird is a heartwarming tale of love, loss, and rediscovery.Richard Toews is the son of Isaak and Frieda Toews, immigrants who escaped the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of its horror. When she finally awakes, Abigail is inexplicably changed, and Ishmael must find a way to reach the girl with whom he had originally fallen in love.
Their burgeoning romance is cut abruptly short when Abigail suffers a traumatic head wound and falls into a coma. Convinced that he will be saddled with a group of malcontents who care not a whit for Tolstoy or Dickens, Ishmael is delighted to encounter the luminescent Abigail Bird, whose passion for literature equals his own.
Struggling to pay his rent, Ishmael is obliged to undertake one of his most dreaded tasks: teach a summer creative writing class. While he yearns for female companionship, a recent acrimonious divorce has left him in a state of fragility. Beset by awkward interpersonal skills and an obsession with classic literature, Ishmael Archer seems destined for the lonely life of a literature professor at Longfellow College.
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