Eastern Mennonite University will host its third annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) Community Day Friday, Feb. 2. Titled “Practical Tools for Hard Problems in Our Communities,” the day’s workshops will ... read more about ‘Practical Tools for Hard Problems’ at third annual peacebuilding Community Day
From across Brazil and with diverse professional backgrounds, 25 restorative justice practitioners spent five days in October at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) — visiting area programs, contemplating practices and pedagogies, ... read more about Zehr Institute facilitates five-day workshop for Brazilian judges, prosecutors and other restorative justice practitioners
If the criminal justice system as we know it transforms dramatically, shrinks, or becomes obsolete … then what? Injustice Today reports on the myriad alternative visions of justice in the U.S. and Canada. ... read more about In Justice Today on the Zehr Institute’s Listening project from Injustice Today
The ministry model of clay jars can take several twists: Are ministers cracked pots? Crackpots? Broken vessels? Is their work – to use another Biblical metaphor – but the sowing ... read more about Seminary’s School for Leadership Training ‘Broken Vessels, Thriving Pastor’ slated for January
In a widespread, fast-moving field such as restorative justice (RJ), how does a major grant-funding organization discern where to allot funds? One answer: engage with the Zehr Institute for Restorative ... read more about Zehr Institute releases research on best funding opportunities to build sustainable restorative justice projects
During a homestay in the Middle East several decades ago, visiting a friend his son had met at Eastern Mennonite University, Norm Rittenhouse heard a firsthand story that deeply troubled ... read more about EMU benefactor Norm Rittenhouse, 91, reflects on ‘working to give’ and the scholarship honoring his wife
Michael Bischoff, a 2002 graduate of CJP who is battling cancer, has been watched and coached by researchers who are studying an unusual medical question — namely, can the act of storytelling improve a person’s health? ... read more about ‘It’s about love’: Battling a brain tumor, a man finds resilience through storytelling from Stat
Before her recent Eastern Mennonite University Alumni and Friends Tour to Israel and Palestine, Betty Holsinger Shenk ’75 “knew it would be great.” It turned out, though, to be more ... read more about EMU Alumni and Friends Tour to Israel and Palestine will have ‘lifelong impact’
This article was published in the Nov. 10, 2017, issue of the Daily News-Record. Steve Giddens earned a Master of Divinity degree at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and will complete a ... read more about UCC pastor Steve Giddens, a dual-degree graduate student, served three tours in the Middle East
With #metoo and #Ibelieveyou circulating through social media feeds and news digest, Eastern Mennonite University’s Nov. 7-10 Take Back the Night events focused the community on reflection, listening and frank ... read more about Take Back the Night events honor survivors, highlight diverse impacts of sexual violence