Fight over water in northern Mexico
Opponents to Mennonite farmers destroy dams and shut down wells
By John D. Roth for the Institute for the Study of Global AnabaptismWhen Mennonite farmers first arrived in Chihuahua in the 1920s, they faced the daunting challenge of growing crops in the dry, dusty soil of the high desert plains, where the average rainfall barely exceeded 13 inches per year ... Read more ...
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East African Mennonite churches form mission board
By Debbi DiGennaro of Eastern Mennonite MissionsMennonite bishops from Kenya and Tanzania formed a mission board during their annual meeting, held in August at the Mennonite Guest House. "We are no longer churches which just receive missionaries, but churches which send missionaries," the church leaders stated ... Read more ...
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Mennonites and the Green Party
By Ethan BodnarukI appreciated Daniel Hertzler's TMail article "Congregational unity or the decision to vote?" I agree that the question of whether or not to vote should not divide a church, but I find it troubling that political differences do divide both individual churches and the Mennonite church as a whole ... Read more ...
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College Corner: Goshen students use iPads to communicate water safety
By Alysha Landis of Goshen College  Goshen (Ind.) College's alma mater proclaims, "There's a spot in Indiana where the Elkhart River flows." But how much e-coli and lawn fertilizer are also flowing in the river, and is it safe? Some Goshen College students are collaborating with community members to monitor the water quality of the nearby Elkhart River-and the students are using their new iPads to do it ... Read more ... PHOTO: Goshen College students in an Ecology and Evolution class sample macroinvertebrates from the Elkhart River, with the help of community volunteers, as biological indicators of the quality of the water. Photos by Alysha Landis.
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