One Los Angeles school has experienced a “tectonic” decrease in suspensions, with more L.A. schools preparing to follow suit, as a result of the restorative disciplinary efforts of Joseph Luciani, ... read more about Restorative justice alum Joseph Luciani garners national attention by dramatically reducing suspensions in LA schools
Author, scholar and Episcopal priest Lauren Winner opened the annual School for Leadership Training at Eastern Mennonite Seminary with succinct advice for those seeking to understand the changing dynamics affecting ... read more about Church leaders discuss challenges of ministering to ‘nones’ and millenials at annual School for Leadership Training
Since 2003, over 2,000 desperate people have died trying to cross the harsh Sonoran Desert between Mexico and the southwest United States. This continuous death toll prompted the foundation of ... read more about Arizona Samaritans help life-threatened migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border
Ebola is frightening – terrifying even – but bowing to the fear that Ebola can produce invites additional unrest and cultural destruction in societies already reeling from recent civil wars. ... read more about Peace-trained alumni in Liberia and Sierra Leone tap local resilience and resourcefulness in curbing Ebola
After spending the summer thousands of miles from her native Liberia and watching nervously from afar as Ebola swept through her country, sophomore Winifred Gray-Johnson wanted to take action when ... read more about For fight against Ebola, international students plan fundraising event with Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee
Still smelling of fresh paint, new additions and renovations to Eastern Mennonite University’s Suter Science Center are due to open for the spring semester today. The $7.3 million project’s first ... read more about Classes begin in modernized wing of Science Center following first phase of renovation
[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the spring/summer 2014 issue of Peacebuilder magazine.] Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, move over. Ditto for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The Center for Justice ... read more about Alumni couple are movers and shakers in Southern India
Eastern Mennonite Seminary provides this reflection on a passover service planned and led by seminary graduate J. Mike Metzler for use in public settings such as worship, Bible studies or ... read more about The Passover Seder: A new worship experience
Eastern Mennonite Seminary provides this reflection by former professor Daniel L. Garrett for use in public settings such as worship, Bible studies or Sunday school. Please give credit to the author ... read more about Teaching sacramental theology in a Mennonite seminary: Descendants of John and Charles Wesley engage descendants of Menno Simons and Ulrich Zwingli and live to tell about it!
A paper based on handouts created by professor Nancy Heisey for a School for Leadership Training workshop of the same name. The paper describes the process of the creation of ... read more about Dead Sea Scrolls, Da Vinci Code and the Gospel of Judas