EMU to begin 'listening process' regarding same-sex relationships and employment
By Bonnie Price Lofton of Eastern Mennonite University
In its regularly scheduled meeting Nov. 15-16, the Eastern Mennonite University board of trustees heard the interest by some faculty, staff, administrators and students for the enlargement of "safe space" for respectful, honest conversations on campus about minority sexual orientation and its implication for access to employment at EMU in Harrisonburg, Va. ...
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Family loses home in tornado
The Zehr family, who live about one mile north of Washington, Ill., lost their home in the major storm that struck the Midwest on Nov. 17. On Nov. 20, the Zehrs received help from friends and family who brought tractors and backhoes to help clear the debris.
"It's been really overwhelming and humbling how generous people are," said Michael Zehr on Nov. 20 ...
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E Pluribus Turkey: We're obsessed with debunking Thanksgiving.
By John Eicher
One hundred and fifty years ago, in the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday. "As part of his call to celebrate the day, Lincoln asked that the nation's blessings be "solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American people" and for Americans to "implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the divine purposes" ...
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College Corner: Sharing the power of prayer
By Melanie Zuercher of Bethel CollegeBethel College student Alli Rudeen had always wondered what it might look like to pray without ceasing. "That verse, I Thessalonians 5:17, always stuck out to me," says the junior from Osage City, Kan. "I'm not good at sticking with one thing for a long time. I'm easily distracted" ... Read more ... Photo: Alli Rudeen, left, and Katelyn Melgren look at some of the prayers and drawings that Bethel students left in the Campus Ministries house after 24 consecutive hours of prayer, Nov. 9-10. Photo by Audra Miller.
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