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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”...

              Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2013 Paul D. Leichty from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2013 Welcome to the 15th year of Mennonite Health Journal! It has been one year now since MHJ was transformed from a print...

Poverty and Restorative Strategies Murray Nickel, MD from Mennonite Health Journal, Volume 14, No. 3, October 2012 If you encountered someone caught in a car wreck, no doubt you would try to save the person regardless of the risk.  Isn't that why we donate and get...