Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Laura Lehman Amstutz

Feb. 6 issue

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  Photo by Cody Troyer/EMU

  Theologian warns of accumulation seduction

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Beware of seduction by accumulation. That was one of the issues explored by Walter Brueggemann, a world-renowned Old Testament scholar, in talks to as many as 700 people gathered at Eastern Mennonite University Jan. 16-18.

  In his three lectures at EMU’s annual School for Leadership Training, Brueggemann talked about two narratives — that of accumulation, demonstrated by Pharaoh, and the narrative of abundance, demonstrated by manna in the desert and the feeding of the 5,000.

Feb. 7, 2011 issue

• EMU training focuses on work of Holy Spirit

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Nearly 200 participants at Eastern Mennonite University’s School for Leadership Training considered where the Holy Spirit is working.

Aug. 2, 2010 issue

• EMS graduate writes on pro-life ethics

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — “This is a book about killing.”

July 12, 2010 issue

• EMS chaplain program aids students, hospital

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Eastern Mennonite Seminary and Rockingham Memorial Hospital are partnering to train chaplains and pastors to be more compassionate caregivers during crises.

May 17, 2010 issue

• EMS grads have learned to ‘speak Christian’

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduates heard a list of problems with Christian ministry at their commencement.

Feb. 1, 2010 issue

• Live kingdom values, not world’s

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — God’s kingdom looks radically different from the world’s, especially when it comes to violence.

Jan. 18, 2010 issue

• MC USA’s new leader shaped by Beachy Amish roots

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Growing up in a Beachy Amish community in Kansas, Ervin Stutzman learned not to fear being different.

Dec. 21, 2009 issue

• EMS student releases CD

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Along with writing papers and reading books, first-year Eastern Mennonite Seminary student Jessica Crawford has been busy producing a recording.

June 15, 2009 issue

• EMS grant funds training for bilingual leaders

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — A new grant for Eastern Mennonite Seminary aims to train leaders in Mennonite Church USA who speak English and Spanish.

Feb. 2, 2009 issue

• EMS leadership event engages change in media, culture and racial relations

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — When planners for the School for Leadership Training choose the theme for this year’s conference they had no idea how appropriate it would be.

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