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Lenten Reflections: A pacifist and a combat veteran are filled by the Holy Spirit at the footwashing bowl

February 28, 2016Last updated March 7, 2016 by admin

I felt as though I was washing away the desert sand of Iraq. —Michael King, seminary dean Darin Busé, a United Methodist pastor, came to Eastern Mennonite Seminary with

EMU and Seminary Offer Online Lenten Devotions

February 25, 2009 by Jim Bishop

EMU and EMS has prepared a series of devotional meditations for each week day of Lent, that begins Wednesday, Feb. 25. Faculty, staff, students and alumni have written reflections based

Symbol of Suffering and Death Offers New Life

March 22, 2005 by Jim Bishop

I can feel it in the air, in my face, in my creaky bones. It’s still cool, even wintry-like at times, but change is happening – slowly, quietly, surely. Around

Seminary Observes Lent

February 18, 2005 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

The smell of homemade soup and bread fills the Eastern Mennonite Seminary kitchen and gathering area each Thursday during Lent. Each year the seminary community observes Lent with two important

EMU Staff Collaborate on Worship Guide

November 30, 2004 by Jim Bishop

Worship guide planning group (standing, l. to r.): Kris Shank Zehr, Lucinda Swartzendruber, Kevin Clark, Brian Martin Burkholder. Middle: Edie Bontrager, Marlene Kropf. Front: Gloria Diener, Jill Landis, Shirley Yoder

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