Good Friday reflection: Losing two parentsBy Dorothy Nickel Friesen We were driving from Kansas to Minnesota on Maundy Thursday in 2008 to spend the Easter weekend with my family when my cell phone rang somewhere in Iowa. My Minnesota sister was informing me that Dad was not feeling well and they had just come from a doctor's appointment ...
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Doug Dirks new Ten Thousand Villages CEO
From Ten Thousand Villages Ten Thousand Villages' board of directors announced on March 29 the appointment of Doug Dirks as CEO to lead its network of more than 75 retail stores in the United States, effective April 2. Dirks has been employed by Ten Thousand Villages for nearly two decades serving the mission in roles such as marketing director, producer relations director and most recently public relations director ... Read more ... |
Vietnamese pastor sentenced to prison
By Luke S. Martin for Mennonite World ConferenceA former independent Mennonite pastor in Vietnam on March 26 was sentenced to 11 years in prison after being convicted of "undermining national solidarity" by the Gia Lai provincial People's Court in Pleiku. Nguyen Cong Chinh, also known as Nguyen Thanh Long, 43 years old, has long been harassed by the security police in Kon Tum and Gia Lai provinces in the Central Highlands of Vietnam ... Read more ... |
College Corner: Goshen to offer summer courses online  By Kate Stolzfus for the Goshen College Record When May term draws to a close this year at Goshen (Ind.) College, students will have the option of keeping their books open when the first summer online courses are offered ... Read more ... |
Tim's blog: Spring Collection 2012: Cute farm animal edition
 This is my fourth annual spring collection. Past editions have featured eggs, insects and birds. But mostly, they've featured lots and lots of buds and blooms. This year is different. We'll call it the mammal edition. It features gratuitously-cute lambs, grazing goats, munching calves, one confused poodle and, last but not least, a duck ... |
