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... a free, weekly e-zine from The Mennonite.
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By J. Daryl Byler of Mennonite Central CommitteeThey keep coming. On an average night more than 2,100 Syrians cross the border into Jordan, seeking refuge from the violence and instability in their own country. It's the new normal, the head of a large humanitarian aid organization working in the Za'atari Refugee Camp told me recently ... 
Read more ... Photo: Omar, left, a Syrian refugee, met with J. Daryl Byler, Mennonite Central Committee representative, at the Za'atari refugee camp in early March. Photo by John Fawcett.
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Elkhart building brings diverse staff together
By Gordon Houser  On April 14, 2012, Mennonite Church USA leaders gathered in Elkhart, Ind., for the dedication of a new office building. One year later, nearly 70 employees from five different denominational agencies or entities are using the facility, an environmentally up-to-date building that is still being paid for ...
Read more ...Photo: Jim Bixler, 76, has been volunteering in the Mennonite offices in Elkhart, Ind., since January 1995. He worked full-time until a year ago, when he reduced his work to half-time. Here he places envelopes through the postage machine in the mail room in the new Mennonite Church USA office building. Photo by Everett J. Thomas.
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College Corner: The truth about transferring
Rachel Schlegel of Hesston College
 An increasing number of college students are not only learning that a transfer process is nothing to be feared, they are recognizing the benefits of starting one place and going another. Some college students fear transfer horror stories and worst-case scenarios like losing course credits, having to re-take classes and needing extra semesters to finish a degree. According to four Hesston (Kan.) College graduates, such fears are unfounded ...
Dmitry Bucklin, a 2010 Hesston College graduate, enjoyed a simple and seamless transfer process to Mennonite Church USA sister school Bethel College in North Newton, Kan. Photo by Larry Bartel.
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Tim blog: This present blindness: Mennonites, torture and empire
On March 6, we in the United States learned in The Guardian that our government put torture and death at the center of our policy in Iraq. According to the article, Jim Steele, who was heavily involved in the El Salvadoran death squads, was called in to replicate the model in Iraq in 2004 with millions of dollars at his disposal ...
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