Christian News Network reports at:
http://christiannews.net/2013/11/25/mennonite-university-considering-policy-change-to-allow-homosexual-faculty/:
"Mennonite University Considering Policy Change to Allow Homosexual Faculty"
Excerpt:
HARRISONBURG, Va. – A Mennonite university in Virginia is considering making a change to its current hiring policy to allow faculty members to be in same-sex relationships.
Eastern Mennonite University issued a news release on the matter last week, noting that it has decided to open up a 60-day listening period “to review current hiring policies and practices with respect to individuals in same-sex relationships.” President Loren Swartzendruber was authorized unanimously by the school board to design and oversee the process, which will begin in January.
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Prayer Labyrinth on the Campus of Eastern Mennonite University since 2007:
LTRP Note: Labyrinths are part of the present day contemplative prayer movement. They have their roots in pagan history as we have documented at Lighthouse Trails Research. The article below is another example how mysticism is entering Christianity.
“Following the path of prayer: Labyrinth dedicated at EMU”
By Laura Lehman Amstutz
Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Mennonite University
HARRISONBURG, Va. – Building a prayer labyrinth on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University has been a 15-year dream for professor of spiritual formation Wendy Miller. On Oct. 13, that dream came true as Miller and others dedicated the prayer labyrinth on the hill northwest of the Eastern Mennonite Seminary building.
“Building the labyrinth was a bit like a labyrinth itself,” Miller said at the dedication ceremony. “There were all kinds of twists and turns.
“Even though we knew we were moving forward, it wasn’t always obvious that we were moving toward the center.”
From the dream, spawned by Miller and a number of seminary students, others began to get excited about the idea. Brian Martin Burkholder, campus pastor at EMU, had been thinking about how the university might best use some grant money to facilitate spiritual formation in an ongoing way.Click here to read more.
