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Goshen, EMU and Bluffton launch collaborative MBA 


By Bonnie Price Lofton

Business and organizational personnel who want to develop their leadership skills, enhance productivity, and increase profits while contributing to the "common good" now have the chance to enroll in an MBA program that is like no other.

Three institutions affiliated with the Mennonite Education Agency (Bluffton (Ohio) University; Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va.; and Goshen (Ind.) College) have joined forces to launch "The Collaborative MBA" to shape "transformative leaders" ...

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Shall we pray? How prayer sets the stage for the LGBT discussion

By Randall Justice

I received an invitation via voicemail to breakfast from a woman a good bit older than I from our church. She made it clear in her voicemail and again in my return call to her she wanted to talk about the LGBT issue and she had concerns about my position.

To be candid, I did not want to go to breakfast. There is so little time in this stage of my professional life and frankly, I was not sure what we could possibly say to one another of any use given that we seemed to already know one another's position on the issue ...

College Corner: Duke scholar to join EMS faculty


By Laura Lehman Amstutz of Eastern Mennonite Seminary

Christian formation curriculum, an integral part of studies at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Harrisonburg, Va., will be overseen by an ordained Methodist minister, Emily Peck-McClain, beginning in January 2015 ...

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Photo: Emily Peck-McClain. Photo by Lindsey Kolb.


Tim's blog: Exploring a Lenten practice of sabbatical


As Lent rolled in last week, I shared with colleagues that I just didn't have the energy to give anything up this year. In response, my friend Terra Winston wrote back these three simple sentences that shook something loose inside me ...




 


 


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