Student Essay Project 2019
Annual Gathering 2019: "Well-being for All: Developing Resilience in Healthcare"
2019 Student Essay Project
In conjunction with
Annual Gathering 2019
Student Essay Project 2019
Winning entry
Well-being for All: Providing Care for the Undocumented
Carissa Harnish
Read Carissa’s winning essay in Mennonite Health Journal or in PDF format.
2017 and 2018 Winning Essays
Essay Projects have also been held in conjunction with MHF’s Annual Gathering in 2017 and 2018. Below are all winning essays that have already been published in Mennonite Health Journal.
SET Report from Tim Lehman – Serving with IHS in Arizona
Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2, August 2023.SET Report Tim Lehman Fort Apache Indian Reservation Summer, 2023 As a third-year family medicine resident at St. Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka, Indiana, I had the opportunity to collaborate with...
Stephen Roth Grant Report: Teresa and Dale Regier in Nazareth, Israel
Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, August 2023. PDF ReportStephen Roth Grant Report Serve Nazareth, Nazareth, Israel April 1 – June 26, 2023 Teresa Regier Earlier this spring, my husband Dale and I spent 3 months volunteering with Serve Nazareth....
Emmett Till, Aamir, and Our Interconnectedness: A Sermon on Firearm Violence
Emmett Till, Aamir, And Our Interconnectedness A sermon delivered at Germantown Mennonite Church, June 2022 - Cate Michelle Beaulieu-Desjardins Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12: 12-27 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so...
The Anabaptist Healthcare Worker: Pursuing a Call to Nurturing People as a Life Standard
The Anabaptist Healthcare Worker: Pursuing a Call to Nurturing People as a Life Standard What do a cookbook, my work in health care, and following Christ have in common? The answer may be found in Doris Janzen Longacre’s More-with-Less Cookbook. In the book, Janzen...
Finding Holy Space in a Pandemic: Reflections from Four MHF Members
This pandemic time has been unlike anything we've known in healthcare and in our faith-lives. Four MHF members took time to reflect on how their Anabaptist faith has supported them as they served in the Covid-19 Pandemic. We deeply appreciate their willingness to...
A Review of “Together in Galilee” by Robert Martin
Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 21, No. 4, December 4, 2020. A Review of “Together in Galilee” by Dr. Robert Martin Review by Andrew Metzler, MHF Administrator and Board Member “Together in Galilee” is the compelling memoir of the lives of Dr....
Mennonite Faith & Healthcare Vocations: Reflections from Cate
I came to the Mennonite church days before I turned 21. That was 10 years ago. In some ways that seems like a lifetime ago, and in many other ways I know I am (and perhaps forever will be) a “Menno-Baby.”
From day one at Madison Mennonite Church, it was so clear to me that Mennonites are a people who serve…
Providing Care for the Undocumented
Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1, May 1, 2019 Well-being for All: Providing Care for the UndocumentedCarissa HarnishStudent Essay Project 2019 Winner [PDF] As I walked down the hallway of the student-run free clinic with Naomi, a 40-year-old...
The Beauty and the Pain
Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 19 No. 9, May 7, 2018 The Beauty and the Pain By Nicole Groff Student Essay Project 2018 Winner PDF “How do we weigh the beauty of this world and the pain of this world?” This was the question I asked as I sat on one of the...
Nursing: A Whole Being Endeavor
Mennonite Health Journal, Vol. 19 No. 8, April 25, 2018 Nursing: A Whole Being Endeavor By Patty Peebles Student Essay Project 2018 Winner PDFNursing is a whole being endeavor. The work nurses provide requires an attention and compassion that can help...