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Letters from Nepal Theo Beels from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2013 Theo Beels and his wife, Beth, returned earlier this year from three years of service at the Tansen Hospital in Nepal.  Following is an edited version of two letters he wrote to...

SET Reflections Sarah Buller Phillips from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2013 Traveling to India as a medical student has been a personal goal for several years. In college, I was very focused on completing my science prerequisites so that I could...

Conscientious Objectors and the Transformation of Mental Healthcare Harold Lehman from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2013 The following article is adapted from a presentation given by Harold Lehman at the Harrisonburg, Virginia Regional Meeting of...

What’s in a Name? Joseph Longacher from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2013 Most of us are satisfied with the name we were given.  However, I heard of a man who went to the trouble to change his name from Joe Pajaczkowski to Frank Pajaczkowski.  When...

Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2013 Paul D. Leichty from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2013 This issue of Mennonite Health Journal Welcome to this April 2013 issue of Mennonite Health Journal! This is the first issue to be published...

"Seeing Jesus" Jim Leaman from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2013 This morning I was reading in John 21, and I was impressed by the disciples not quite being sure at first that the person who had prepared and was serving them breakfast was indeed...

A Miracle Murray Nickel, MD from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2013 After a discouraging day at the Congolese embassy in Bujumbura, it looked impossible for eight Canadians to get visas to get from Burundi to Congo. We made one last stab at it,...

      When No One is Looking Joseph Longacher, MD from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2013 Those of us of a certain age will remember Candid Camera, arguably the first reality show on TV.  The premise was simple:  Hidden cameras...

Book Review: Health, Healing, and the Church’s Mission Glen E. Miller, MD from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2013 Willard Swartley authored Health, Healing and the Church’s Mission: Biblical Perspectives and Moral Priorities (InterVarsity Press...

Spiritual Dimensions of Healthcare Paul D. Leichty from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2013 Since the beginning of the Christian movement, caring for the health of others has been a major theme of Christian faith.   The Hebrew concept of “shalom”...