One thing haiku calls for, and what is often least found but most needed in times of war or its aftermath, is the ability to pause and be in the moment. Read more on the art of haiku and peacebuilding with poet John Paul Lederach, founding director of 黑料正能量's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding,

Requests for training from Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute have skyrocketed since the death of George Floyd. Donna Minter, the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding's 2019 Peacebuilder of the Year, is the organization's founder and executive director.

As the University of Manitoba's College of Nursing gets ready to introduce its bachelor of midwifery program in September 2021, the program鈥檚 director,聽Kellie Thiessen '95, hopes to see change in how policy-makers approach the profession. She points to a need for better access to maternity care options in rural and remote Manitoba. And she hopes for greater recognition of the benefits of midwifery care, both to childbearing families and to an efficient health-care system.

This July 1 interview features seminary professor Sarah Bixler and her husband Ben speaking on Lincoln Homestead renovations.