Shannon W. Dycus: ‘O God of Joy’

EMU's dean of students, who has given leadership to worship across MCUSA, shares an Advent season meditation:  It’s the beginning of December, and our priorities are pulled in countless directions. And this year, our minds are full of worry, our bodies still adjusting to premature darkness, and our hearts or ones we know well are holding grief very close. This season between Thanksgiving and Christmas holds the breadth of the holidays in both the commercial and the liturgical sense. ... read more about Shannon W. Dycus: ‘O God of Joy’ from Mennonite Church USA

Social work instructor offers career advice in online guide

EMU social work instructor Debbi DiGennaro contributes expert advice in the MSW Online website. [MSW is an acronym for Master of Social Work.] With extensive experience in the international context, DiGennaro is the author of a book on cultural competence, "Acclimated to Africa: Cultural Competence for Westerners (SIL International, 2017); her research area is the intersection of social behavior and faith communities. ... read more about Social work instructor offers career advice in online guide from MSW Online

Regina Wenger ’09 on ‘Southern Anabaptist Colleges and Civil War Memory’

Wenger, a PhD candidate at Baylor University, offers Part I of a two-part series on Bridgewater College and EMU. She'll be bringing the topic to a presentation next year at the American Society of Church History on a panel titled “Competing Identities: Denominational Higher Education in the American South.”  ... read more about Regina Wenger ’09 on ‘Southern Anabaptist Colleges and Civil War Memory’ from Anabaptist Historians