The reason Hizkias Assefa has two law degrees, two master’s degrees, and one doctorate is not because he loves living buried in university libraries. It’s because he had to leave ... read more about Start with compassion – one key lesson from 30 years as a top-level mediator around the world
Turning 20 is a life milepost worth celebrating. What’s true for an individual is equally true for Eastern Mennonite University’s MA in counseling program. Since 1995 when the inaugural cohort ... read more about Counseling program celebrates its 20th anniversary
A breeze rustled the blank silver tags hanging on the tree’s wiry branches, causing a soft jangling noise to ring in the ears of a group of silent onlookers. Some ... read more about Student project brings attention to veterans’ suicides
When Andrew Thorne was fresh from high school and needed a lifeline in August 2009, two weeks before college move-in day, basketball coach Kirby Dean threw him one. Dean first ... read more about Andrew Thorne: From succeeding at basketball to wanting to help at-risk boys and girls, like he’s been helped
“Have you heard that Mandela died?” The staggering impact of this question took my breath away as I stepped into the office after teaching a full day of classes at ... read more about Nelson Mandela recalled as incarnational presence, modeling ‘practical theology’
When Eastern Mennonite University sophomore Londen Wheeler learned President Obama would drop by his workplace for a thank-you visit, he knew Nov. 27 would not be a typical day at ... read more about Student photographer captures Obama family handing out Thanksgiving packages at food bank
Two weeks before his senior thesis project due date, Eastern Mennonite University senior theater and writing studies major Michael Bodner decided on a path he’d never tread: He wanted to ... read more about Student writes unflinching play, now staged, about 17-year-old dying of cancer
Young seminary graduates typically seek pastoral positions in large suburban or urban congregations, but Brett Klingenberg craved something else. He grew up on a farm, loved farming and wanted to ... read more about Pastor’s farm work connects him with his rural congregants
Enjoy images of EMU’s past year accompanied by The Walking Roots Band singing “Come Down, O Love Divine.” This stop motion video is made up of over 5,500 photographs and ... read more about Eastern Mennonite University Advent greeting 2013
Just in time for Christmas gift-giving, a book titled Integrating the New Science of Love and a Spirituality of Peace: Becoming Human Again has been published by Cascade Books. It ... read more about Faith-grounded book on the science of love hits market in time for Christmas