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National media focuses on anthem decision

By Everett J. Thomas

In the week since Goshen (Ind.) College announced its decision to no longer play the national anthem before sporting events, the college has been inundated with media requests. Richard Aguirre, director of public relations, said on June 13 that they declined invitations from six regional talk shows scattered across the country. Afterwards, he researched the talk shows ...

Favorable winds for Mennonites?

By Roger Martin

A USA Today commentary in mid-May, headlined "Faith for Today: Get Ready for Change," may be good news for Mennonite churches. In the piece, Oliver Thomas, who serves on the newspaper's board of contributors, describes the "seismic shifts" he sees occurring in Christianity today.

And if he sees aright, Mennonite congregations could grow ...

MCC supporters' gifts to Japan will aid clean up, trauma healing

By Cheryl Zehr Walker

Visiting Japan in May, Willie Reimer, Mennonite Central Committee director of food, disaster and material resources Willie Reimer was reminded that response to disaster must be personal and address individual trauma, however massive the tasks demanded by the surrounding devastation ...

College Corner: Goshen College bids farewell to five retiring faculty

By Alysha Landis

Five faculty members are saying farewell to Goshen (Ind.) College at the end of the 2010-2011 school year as they retire and begin the next chapters in their lives.

The five retirees are John Blosser, professor of art; Rafael Falcón, professor of Spanish; Mervin Helmuth, associate professor of nursing; David Miller, associate professor of biology; and David Janzen, director of human resources and affirmative action officer ...

Kate's blog: My favorite bad boys (and a few good guys, too)

Encyclopedia Brown was my first crush. I discovered the boy detective in elementary school and quickly read my way through the series of mysteries in which he starred.Smart and insightful with plenty of guts, Encyclopedia Brown lets nothing get past him ...

Tim's blog: One Saturday on the farm in Iowa

This weekend, Charletta and I headed out to to the Erb homestead in Kalona, Iowa, for a visit. We joined some friends of the family for a Saturday full of adventures around the farm. Through the photos and captions below, you can get a taste of what we did together ...

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