Mission Network workers, associates safe in Japan
From Mennonite Mission Network staff with reporting by Anna GroffMennonite Mission Network reports that as of Monday morning, March 14, none of its workers or associates in Japan were harmed in the tragic magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck on March 11, triggering a tsunami. "They all felt the earthquake," says Leanne Farmwald, director of marketing and communication for MMN. "But the family in Tokyo is most affected" ...
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Conrad Grebel University College appoints 7th president
From Conrad Grebel University CollegeConrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ont., is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Schultz Huxman as its seventh president. The board of governors accepted the unanimous recommendation of the presidential search committee at its March 10 meeting. Huxman is completing her seventh year as the director of the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University in Kansas ... Read more ...
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A test or a 'city of God' moment? A reflection for Lent
By Leona Dueck Penner After a Sunday morning worship service which included a song that invited us to respond the poor around us in the way of Jesus, it was surprisingly easy for me to walk past the slightly shabby young man sitting on the bench in the shadowy hallway leading from our meeting place in the gym, past the Lutheran sanctuary (where the service was still in progress), to the pastor's office where I was intent on picking up Lenten resource materials ... Read more ...
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College Corner: Hesston College to host discussions on disaster relief partnerships
From Hesston College The Hesston (Kan.) College disaster management program and church relations department are teaming up to host discussions on partnerships between the government and faith-based and other non-profit organizations March 18 to 20. David Myers, an ordained Mennonite minister who serves as director of the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will lead the presentations ... Read more ...
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Tim's blog: High speed macro, part 1: Water droplets on a razor blade
 This week I'm taking a break from patterns of this world to share the results of experiments in high speed photography. Over Thanksgiving and Christmas break last year, my brother and a I built high speed rig with his arduino circuit board and my camera with the macro lens, triggered by a laser pointer hitting a photo-sensitive cell ... Read more ...
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