Can a church already torn by conflict over homosexuality stick together when . . .
The group enlisted Michelle Hofer, artist in residence at Hutterthal Mennonite Church in Freeman, to design two three-dimensional banners to travel between churches, organizations schools or camps.
Todd Jones, pastor of Hutterthal Mennonite and a member of the network, said the project began for use in area . . .
After the birth, the mess only multiplies. Think smelly barns and shepherds. Think Roman oppressors. Think pagan gurus whose visit leads to mass infanticide at the hands of the paranoid Kind Herod. This is good news? This is peace on earth?
At Project MAMA, a community development and education program in Honduras, one of the workers had been attacked by several gang members.
Yet as the worker interacted with EMM leaders, she began crying and lamenting that these gang members are now suffering in prison.
“This is an event 20-plus years in the making,” the assistant professor of social work said.
Paquin lived and conducted research as a graduate student at Washington University in neighboring St. Louis, and revisited his study of black suburban neighborhoods this summer.