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The Contributors
To Continue the
Dialogue
Don Blosser,
Goshen, Indiana, was a pastor for seventeen years in
Illinois and in Atlantic Coast conferences of the
Mennonite Church. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from
the University of St. Andrews and has completed over
twenty-two years of teaching biblical studies at Goshen
(Ind.) College. He is author of A Dictionary of the
Literature of the Bible (published in China, 1993),
and contributor to Jesus, His Life and Times (edited
by Thomas Schmidt, Publications International, Ltd.,
1999).
Reta Halteman Finger,
Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Grantham, Pennsylvania, was
editor of the Christian feminist magazine Daughters of
Sarah from 1979-1994. She received a Ph.D. in New
Testament from Garrett Evangelical Theological
Seminary/Northwestern University in 1997. She has taught
as Assistant Professor of New Testament at Messiah
College in Grantham since 1995. She is author of numerous
works, including Paul and the Roman House Churches
(Herald Press, 1993).
Lin Garber,
Boston, Massachussetts, was born in New Paris, Indiana,
in 1935. (Named Verlin, he adopted the shorter name for
career purposes.) A 1957 graduate of Goshen College, he
was a professional singer in New York City until 1983.
Since 1991 he has lived in Boston, where he is active in
the Mennonite Congregation of Boston. Baptized at age
eight, he has followed with keen attention the flow of
change over the years in his beloved faith community.
Theodore Grimsrud,
Harrisonburg, Virginia, is Assistant Professor of
Theology and Peace Studies at Eastern Mennonite
University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Before joining the
EMU faculty in 1996, he served ten years as a pastor in
Mennonite churches in Oregon, Arizona, and South Dakota.
He is author of God’s Healing Strategy and
co-editor of Peace and Justice Shall Embrace (both
published by Pandora Press U.S. in 2000).
Carl S. Keener,
State College, Pennsylvania, is Professor Emeritus of
Biology at Pennsylvania State University. With degrees
from Eastern Mennonite University, University of
Pennsylvania, and North Carolina State University, his
professional work has been in systematic botany. He and
his wife, Gladys Swartz Keener, have three children and
four grandchildren. They are members of University
Mennonite Church in State College.
C. Norman Kraus,
Harrisonburg, Virginia, is Professor Emeritus of Bible
and Religion at Goshen College. He has taught also at
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, the Baptist
Theological College (Western Australia), Serampore
Theological College (India), and lectured in other
colleges and seminaries in the United States and abroad.
He has served as a pastor of a Mennonite congregation and
as a missionary teacher-pastor in Japan. He is author and
editor of thirteen books and many published articles.
Michael A. King,
Telford, Pennsylvania, is pastor, Spring Mount (Pa.)
Mennonite Church; publisher, Pandora Press U.S.; and
founding editor, DreamSeeker Magazine. He has been
pastor in a variety of congregations in diverse settings
and is author (with Ronald J. Sider) of Preaching
about Life in a Threatening World (Westminster,
1987), Trackless Wastes and Stars to Steer By:
Christian Identity in a Homeless Age (Herald Press,
1990), and of many articles.
Paul M. Lederach,
Lansdale, Pennsylvania, was ordained to the ministry in
Franconia Mennonite Conference in 1944. For twenty-nine
years he served Mennonite Publishing House as Curriculum
Specialist and Director of the Congregational Literature
Division. He has been president of the Mennonite Board of
Education, taught at Union Biblical Seminary (Puna,
India), and written many books, including A Third Way
(Herald Press, 1980) and Daniel (Herald Press,
1994) in the Believer’s Church Bible Commentary
series.
Mark Thiessen Nation,
London, England, is Director, London Menonite Center,
England. Beginning in autumn 2002 he will be Associate
Professor of Theology at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. He
is author of more than fifteen articles and co-editor of
four books, most recently The Wisdom of the Cross:
Essays in Honor of John Howard Yoder (Eerdmans, 1999)
and Faithfulness and Fortitude: In Conversation with
the Theological Ethics of Stanley Hauerwas (T & T
Clark, 2000). His doctoral dissertation, The
Ecumenical Patience and Vocation of John Howard Yoder,
is in process of publication by Eerdmans.
A. James Reimer,
Kitchener, Ontario, is Professor of Religion and Theology
at Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, and
Toronto School of Theology. He is author of numerous
articles and books, including Mennonites And Classical
Theology: Dogmatic Foundations for Christian Ethics
(Pandora Press, 2001).
Carolyn
Schrock-Shenk, Goshen, Indiana, is Associate
Professor of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies at
Goshen College. Earlier she was Associate Director, then
Director of Mennonite Conciliation Service, Akron,
Pennsylvania, for ten years. She has extensive experience
as a mediator, trainer, facilitator, and conflict
consultant for many individuals, groups, organizations,
and congregations. She was editor of Conciliation
Quarterly and has co-edited several books as well as
written a number of articles. She is married to Dave
Schrock-Shenk and is mother of Caleb and John.
David Schroeder,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, originally from Altona, Manitoba, is
an ordained minister (now retired). He has preached and
taught extensively within the Conference of Mennonites in
Canada and in the larger church. His Th.D. in New
Testament is from the University of Hamburg. For thirty
years, 1959-1989, he was professor in New Testament and
Ethics at Canadian Mennonite Bible College.
Marcus Smucker,
Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania, served as pastor in Portland,
Oregon, for sixteen years and as a professor at
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary for seventeen
years, teaching in the areas of pastoral care, pastoral
counseling, and spiritual formation. He is a certified
pastoral counselor, spiritual director, and consultant to
congregations in conflict.
Edward Stoltzfus,
Harrisonburg, Virginia, is Professor Emeritus of Theology
at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. He served as pastor of
Bethel Mennonite Church, West Liberty, Ohio; First
Mennonite Church, Iowa City; and on the faculty at Goshen
College. He was a moderator of Mennonite General Assembly
(MC). As co-chairman of the Joint MC/GC Listening
Committee for Homosexual Concerns, he wrote its final
report. He and his wife Mildred live in Harrisonburg.
Douglas E.
Swartzendruber, Malibu, California, recently retired
from the University of Colorado (Colorado Springs), where
he was Professor and Chair of Biology. He is a graduate
of Goshen College and the University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center. His teaching and research have been
primarily in the areas of cell biology, experimental
pathology, and breast cancer. He is currently
coordinating laboratories in the Natural Science Division
at Pepperdine University in Malibu. He and his wife,
Rhonda Willems Swartzendruber, have three children and
are members of Beth El Mennonite Church.
Melanie Zuercher,
Hesston, Kansas, was born in Germany and grew up in a
Mennonite home in America. She is a graduate of Goshen
College and Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary,
Elkhart, Indiana. Beside numerous freelance projects, she
has served as writer and editor for Festival Quarterly
magazine and Good Books in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania; a citizens’ social justice
organization in Kentucky; The Mennonite (in its
original incarnation as the General Conference Mennonite
Church magazine); and is presently employed by GCMC News
Service.
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