Don Blosser ’59: Let’s let Jesus speak for himself
Don Blosser is a retired Bible professor at Goshen (Indiana) College and a retired pastor. He is a member of Michiana Voices for Middle East Peace.
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Joanne Gallardo ’06: My journey of forgiveness
This article comes from the October issue of The Mennonite, which focuses on “Loving Enemies.” Joanne Gallardo is pastor of faith formation at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship in Goshen, Ind.
Seven questions with Jennifer Graber ’95, author of ‘The Gods of Indian Country: Religion and the Struggle for the American West’
Jennifer Graber '95 is author of "The Gods of Indian Country: Religion and the Struggle for the American West" (Oxford University Press, 2018), which traces the struggle between Native and Anglo-American people over a 100-year period.
Four alumnae graduate from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Four GC alumnae, Beth Gerig '84, Sophie Lapp Jost '13, Mariah Martin '16 and Sarah Schlegel '06, received graduate degrees from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary.
Joanne Gallardo ’06: The color of resiliency
Joanne Gallardo, pastor of faith formation at Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship in Goshen, writes about resiliency, personhood and Anabaptism.
Joel Kauffmann ’79 honored days before Museum of the Bible opens – The Mennonite
Six days before the Museum of the Bible opened its doors, more than 100 friends and family of Joel Kauffmann '79, a cartoonist and creative consultant on museum design prior to his death in 2015, gathered at the Washington, D.C., facility to remember Kauffmann, celebrate his contributions and launch a new scholarship in his name.
First Study-Service Theology Term participants reflect on future of church in Guatemala
For two weeks in June, a group of 20 high school students from Mennonite, Catholic, Baptist and nondenominational backgrounds and from across the country traveled to Guatemala for Goshen College’s first Study-Service Theology Term (SSTT) and reflected on what their future in the church might look like, while studying Jesus’ life and vocation.
Sophie Lapp Jost ’13: Fraktur as spiritual practice
Sophie Lapp Jost '13 sees fraktur as more than just a fun creative hobby; it’s become a spiritual practice.
Interview with author Anita Hooley Yoder ’07
Anita Hooley Yoder '07 is author of the new book, Circles of Sisterhood, which explores the history of Mennonite women’s groups.
Nancy Kauffmann ’73: Pastors don’t grow on trees – Mennonite Church USA
A conference minister reflecting on a congregation’s search committee process where a number of potentially good pastors were passed over blurted out to me, “I would like to tell them ‘pastors don’t grow on trees!’” I laughed, but later it got me to thinking of where pastors do grow.