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There Has to be a Better Way

April 13, 2012 – 3:45 pm

By Andrew Jenner ’04 Since the very beginning, the conviction that 鈥渢here has to be a better way鈥� has been a guiding principle for the Mennonite mental healthcare institutions that were established as a response to the experience of conscientious objectors (COs) during World War II. Mennonite mental healthcare institutions have demonstrated ingenuity and leadership

Counselor-Mom is a Peacebuilder Too

April 13, 2012 – 12:18 pm

By Michael John Shank, MA 鈥�05 in conflict transformation Most people have a very classic notion of what it takes to be a peacemaker: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, or Nelson Mandela. Beyond the notables, however, there are others recognized for their peacebuilding on the front lines 鈥� be it the oft-forgotten and

Counselor to the Amish

April 13, 2012 – 12:14 pm

As do many counselors, Lois (Bechtel) Shank Gerber 鈥�66 lives for the times when she sees glimmers of hope and change in her clients. When a suicidal woman once told her that, for the first time, she felt peace and freedom in her life after working with Gerber, it made all the hard work that