The central Shenandoah Valley landscape may be parched for lack of rain in September, but at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds a flood of volunteers, donors and buyers joined together to
... read more about Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale sets record pace
In her new book, The Irony of Power: The Politics of God in Matthew’s Narrative (Pickwick, 2017), Dorothy Jean Weaver, professor of New Testament at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, brings together
... read more about Book publication crowns career of seminary’s most tenured teacher and scholar
Interim dean Fred Kniss has been spending his commute time to Eastern Mennonite Seminary listening to his “much too large” CD collection rather than tuning in to the morning and
... read more about Convocation affirms seminary as an anchoring community of abundant hope
A celebration of music and the Brethren-Mennonite faith tradition are the hallmark of the Sing Me High Music Festival, which enters its second year Aug. 25-26. Taking place at Valley
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Madalynn Payne didn’t bring to the cradle of Anabaptism this past summer the same lineage as some of her Eastern Mennonite University peers. The daughter of parents who joined the
... read more about European cross-cultural experience examines women’s Reformation history
Navigating spiritual and personal growth, pastoral roles, early mornings, late nights, and much more, four Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students are spending 11 weeks this summer exploring the ministry profession
... read more about Ministry exploration draws five students to summer internships
On Monday, July 24 the U.S. House of Representatives voted down S. 114, a bill that many veterans opposed. One veteran from Harrisonburg spoke to reporters Monday against the House bill, as WMRA’s Christopher Clymer Kurtz reports. ... read more about Evan Knappenberger ’15 among veterans who oppose VA bill, which fails in House from WMRA
On a fall morning in 1978, Leonard Dow left his home in working class Philadelphia and arrived at the expansive, picturesque campus of Christopher Dock Mennonite High School in Lansdale,
... read more about Leonard Dow ’87 to be honored with EMU’s Distinguished Service Award
With love in action as the guiding theme of the 2017 Mennonite Church USA annual convention, several Eastern Mennonite University and Eastern Mennonite Seminary faculty and staff are sharing their
... read more about Mennonite Church USA convention draws many to Orlando
Women casting off their bonnets, pushing at the margins of traditional behavior, moving away from their faith communities and into different cultures, writing and speaking of what they were told
... read more about ‘Crossing the Line’ Anabaptist women’s history conference attracts scholars, artists and boundary-crossers