An Iraqi-Muslim advocate for peace and reconciliation, who received support from Christian organizations for his work in trauma-healing, has been killed. Dr. Alharith Abdulhameed Hassan, 56-year-old professor of psychiatry at ... read more about Iraqi Peace Worker Killed
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Christmas Lesson: Death Penalty Fuels Crime
Howard Zehr I am with a group of men in prison. We are in a seminar I have been leading for some weeks. Most are many years into serving life ... read more about Christmas Lesson: Death Penalty Fuels Crime
EMU Prof to Help Launch Peace Program in Israel
Seminary Offers Training in Congregational Conflict Mediation
Many dynamics are at work when a church experiences major conflict – leadership is undermined, people take sides and become polarized, and in a worst case scenario, the congregation can ... read more about Seminary Offers Training in Congregational Conflict Mediation
EMU Prof Launches 3D Security Initiative
Lisa Schirch The 3D Security Initiative based at EMU is attracting wide interest among national leaders who often don ... read more about EMU Prof Launches 3D Security Initiative
A Goat for Everyone
A Goat for Everyone BY BLAKA ABEE news@morganton.com Friday, November 3, 2006 Blaka Abee | For The News Herald Emmanuel Ole Sayiorry, a former herdsman from Kenya, is escorted ... read more about A Goat for Everyone
EMU to Observe ‘Dialogue on Race Week’
The late Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that “the sons of former slaves and slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.” ... read more about EMU to Observe ‘Dialogue on Race Week’
‘Get Your Hands Dirty,’ Archbishop Challenges Audiences
He’s not an imposing-looking man. But each time he took the podium, he didn’t mince words, but neither did he belittle his hearers. In turn, the audience was often visibly ... read more about ‘Get Your Hands Dirty,’ Archbishop Challenges Audiences
A Voice Of Peace
Elias Chacour, Christian-Palestinian-Israeli ambassador for peace, addresses a church leaders’ luncheon at EMU. Photo by Jim Bishop By Tom Mitchell, Daily News-Record Upon taking the podium at Monday ... read more about A Voice Of Peace
Mennonite Couple Returns To Lebanon
Ken and Kathryn Seitz are seen with a photo of Lebanese children from the Home of Hope orphanage in Beirut that is funded by the Mennonite Central Committee photo by ... read more about Mennonite Couple Returns To Lebanon