Mennonite Health Journal

Writings on integration of faith and life as a healthcare professional

Mennonite Health Journal

Mennonite Health Journal (MHJ), is the official publication of Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship. Since 2016 MHJ is being published as individual blog articles. Join the email list to receive Mennonite Health Journal blog articles as soon as they are published.

Report from Mennonite Health Assembly

Report from Mennonite Health Assembly Paul D. Leichty from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2 - May 2014 Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship (MHF) often gets confused with other entities that have “Mennonite” and “Health” in their names. As Executive Director of...

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Empowering Patients

Empowering Patients: New Paradigms for the Urban Underserved Nathan Beachy, MD from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2 - May 2014 Editors Note: This article is based on a based on presentation given by Nathan Beachy, MD, and his wife, Rochele Beachy, MD, at the...

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MHJ – May 2014

Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2 - May 2014 Paul D. Leichty, editor This issue of Mennonite Health Journal PDF version of Mennonite Health Journal, May 2014 Hearing a presentation in person and being on site to share and discuss the experience with others is...

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One Short Step to Happiness

One Short Step to Happiness President’s Column by Joseph Longacher, MD from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1 - February 2014 Much has been written about happiness and how to achieve it.  Happiness is even mentioned in U. S. Declaration of Independence.  The...

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Rhythms of Poverty

              Rhythms of Poverty: Reconsidering our Affluent Approach to the Poor Book by Murray Nickel, MD Review by Paul D. Leichty from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1 - February 2014 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I...

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When Tim met Kathy

When Tim met Kathy: Dreamer boy and homeless girl grow up and team up Laurie Oswald Robinson from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1 - February 2014 This fall, Kathy Wiens is publishing Dumps, Bars and Other Childhood Hang Outs. She plans to use the book as a...

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MHJ – February 2014

Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1 - February 2014 Paul D. Leichty, editor Many of us in North America have experienced an unusually cold and snowy winter.  This issue of Mennonite Health Journal (MHJ) looks forward to the events of this spring and summer when...

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Hanging on for Dear Life

Hanging on for Dear Life Murray Nickel from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 4 - November 2013 While waiting for the plane in Kikwit to take me off to Kinshasa, my friend Dr. Emery Bewa mused, "You know, I feel like I'm in a boat in a lake of drowning people. ...

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