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.

MHJ – August 2013

Mennonite Health Journal, August 2013 Paul D. Leichty from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3 - August 2013 Mennonite Health Journal, August 2013 This issue of Mennonite Health Journal follows up on Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship’s Annual Gathering 2013, held...

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Reflections on Escape Fire

Reflections on Escape Fire Kenton T. Derstine from Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 2013 After viewing Escape Fire, the challenging documentary on the state of the U.S. healthcare system recommended as preparation for this summer’s gathering of the...

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Letters from Nepal

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...

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SET Reflections

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...

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What’s in a Name?

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...

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MHJ – April 2013

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...

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“Seeing Jesus”

"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...

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A Miracle

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,...

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