The Republic of Rwanda's health ministry reported today that the sudden Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak had reached 29 cases and ten related fatalities the World Health Organization confirmed MVD cases from seven of the 30 districts in Rwanda Over 70% of the confirmed cases are healthcare workers from two health facilities in Kigali the Rwanda Ministry of Health reported its first Marburg disease case CDC published a Travel Health Advisory to alert international travelers of this expanding health risk can cause severe viral hemorrhagic fever infections MVD was initially reported in 1967 during an outbreak in Marburg a der Lahn and Frankfurt am Main As of October 1, 2024, no Marburg vaccine candidate has been approved to prevent infections in people Our Trust Standards: Medical Advisory Committee Please do not reproduce this content in part or in whole without permission. Share the page URL which directs to the original content. Precision Vax LLC websites do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or prescriptions. Read our terms of use for more info. The hilltop Marburg Castle | © Circumnavigation / Shutterstock which is known for delicious food served in a cozy which comes to life with the merry chatter of locals and tourists Grimm Path is your chance to live the fairy tales that were probably a big part of your bedtime connects fairy tale figures from the famous Grimm stories some reaching up to a height of up to 109 meters (358 feet) These are accompanied by interesting tidbits of information about the beloved Brothers and their magical tales smartphone-compatible map at the Marburg Stadt und Land Tourismus GmbH (Biegenstraße 15) The 36 meter (118 foot)-high Kaiser Wilhelm Tower is known for the uninterrupted views it offers across Feldberg in the Taunus, the Kahlen Asten in the Sauerland and the Wasserkuppe of the Rhön. This is also the perfect place to catch a glorious sunset. 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many more ideas for Christmas markets and events throughout Rhineland-Palatinate can be found in the Rhineland-Palatinate events calendar You can also find lots of information about the Christmas markets in the Lahn valley and the entire Lahn valley holiday region on our website: Holidays in the Lahn valley who is one of Europe’s most incisive theologians a scholar of the Old Testament and the first woman to be certified in Catholic theology in Austria is retiring from the university; but not leaving her theological and gender studies Many at the University of Graz greeted her with a symposium entitled Gender - Politics - Religion Theologians such as Croatian Sister Rebeka Anić German Ilse Müllner and the President of the European Society of Women’s Theological Research Gertraud Ladner discussed the current challenges of theological research in gender studies on a European level women’s spheres of action in ancient religions and the interreligious dialogue included the exegetes Maria Häusl from Dresden and Katharina Pyschny from Graz the religious scholar Jörg Rüpke from Erfurt there was the Muslim theologian Dina El Omari from Münster the Hungarian Jewish feminist Larissza Hrotkó and the Berlin biblical scholar Rainer Kampling The symposium reflected on the life’s work of Irmtraud Fischer who devoted herself to interdisciplinary research on women as early as the 1980s Irmtraud Fischer qualified as a theologian in 1993 and in the same year was appointed to a professorship at the world’s oldest Protestant faculty in Marburg an der Lahn she was called to the newly established chair of Old Testament and theological study of women where she fostered interreligious dialogue among European women theologians.  From 2004 to September 2022 she was Professor of Old Testament Biblical Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Graz she was Vice-Rector for Research at the same university she was a member of the editorial team of the ecumenical and interdisciplinary Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie [Yearbook of Biblical Theology] interpreted as an exegesis of the Torah from the perspective of women can be considered a trailblazer in biblical studies in 2004 she published a trilogy on Old Testament women (matriarchs women prophets) which has been translated into several languages (in Italian only the first volume with the title  Donne che lottano con Dio In December 2006, together with the Italian historian Adriana Valerio and the Spanish biblical scholar Mercedes Navarro Puerto, she founded the international research project The Bible and Women (www.bibleandwomen.org) The research has been published in 21 volumes in four languages - English Spanish and German - where 300 scholars from around the world work in an interdisciplinary way on a history of the reception of biblical women and gender issues as well as a history of biblical exegesis by women she edited the volumes on the Torah and Prophecy Irmtraud Fischer’s final talk at the end of the symposium was entitled Scanning texts A life as a feminist New Testament scholar and theological gender researcher L'Osservatore Romano00120 Vatican City.All rights reserved NEWS It is with sadness that we share that prolific military fiction author William E. Butterworth III, known the world over as W.E.B. Griffin, died on Tuesday, February 12. He was 89. He has been praised as “a writer of true virtuosity and talent” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram), “a truly impressive storyteller” (Midwest Book Review), and “unrivaled” in the realm of military fiction (Ralph Peters, author of Cain at Gettysburg and Lines of Fire). “If God is truly in the details, then Griffin must be the pop of police procedurals,” wrote Publishers Weekly. As The Philadelphia Inquirer put it simply, “Griffin has the knack.” His passion for writing about the military and other branches of law enforcement carried him through his distinguished career. “Nothing honors me more than a serviceman, veteran, or cop telling me he enjoys reading my books,” he said. Among his many awards for service, Griffin was the recipient of the 1991 Brigadier General Robert L. Dening Memorial Distinguished Service Award of the U.S. Marine Corps and the 1999 Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award, which was presented at the 100th National Convention in Kansas City. He has been vested into the Order of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association and the Order of St. Andrew of the U.S. Army Aviation Association. A longtime resident of both Alabama’s Gulf Coast and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Griffin is survived by his four children, including son Bill Butterworth IV, his co-writer on 21 novels. Below please find a letter submitted to Congress today (April 3, 2025) by Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster and Sourcebooks advocating… On Tuesday, March 11th, Penguin Random House partnered with Little Free Library (LFL) to celebrate a significant milestone: the installation of the 200,000th Little Free Library… The Jewish community is wonderfully diverse, with individuals coming from various backgrounds and experiences. 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National Library Week, an initiative of the American Library Association, runs from April 6th-12th. 2025’s Honorary Chairs Raina… It’s that time of year: Christmas Market Season! Here is a list of some of our favorite markets. Be ready to celebrate the season and grab yourself a steaming mug of glühwein. Not all market websites have been updated for the 2023/2024 season, but we will be updating this directory often to ensure your information is up to date. Scheduled events and dates are subject to change. Please research each market prior to travel; some markets require tickets or advanced registration and have limited capacity, in addition to rules and restrictions. München (Munich), Nov. 23- Dec. 24, Marienplatz and other areas Romantische Weihnachtsmarkt am Schloss Bad Homburg, TBD Seven locations: Nordstrasse, Flingerstrasse, Marktplatz, Jan-Wellem-Platz, Stadtbrückchen, Schadowplatz, Engelchenmarkt Harbour, Nov. 23 to Dec. 23 and Dec. 26, 2023 to Jan. 7, 2024 Stiftsplatz to Schillerplatz, Nov. 27 to Dec. 23 and Dec. 27-30 Schillerplatz, Neubrunnenplatz, Nov. 30 to Dec. 23 and Dec. 27-30 Sign up to receive travel tips, local event details, restaurant reviews, recipes, community news, and more every week from Stripes Europe. cafés and restaurants and a castle overlooking the town centre buzz from a hilltop Here is a list of 11 reasons why you should visit The Lahn River quietly flows through Marburg Boat rentals have canoes and rowing boats available in the summer months but most people enjoy the warmer days by lingering on the Lahn meadows having picnics and BBQs or snatching a shady spot at a riverside café or beer garden Lahn River | © hpgruesen / Pixabay Cultural centre Waggonhalle Throughout the year, between 200 and 250 events take place at the train station-turned-cultural centre Waggonhalle Guests can expect to see everything from plays Even if you’re not here to catch any of the performances the on-site Rotkehlchen restaurant lures with fantastic food a charming rustic interior and courtyard seating Waggonhalle, Rudolf-Bultmann-Straße 2A, Marburg, Germany sits on a hill and is as picturesque as it gets Staircases connect the winding cobblestoned streets and alleys the historic market square is the focal point and marked by the 1512 town hall that overlooks the plaza Oberstadt, Marburg, Germany Marburg old town | © hpgruesen / Pixabay Half-timbered houses Many German villages such as Rothenburg ob der Tauber give off a medieval flair with their cobblestones ancient city walls and half-timbered houses and Marburg isn’t stingy with historical timber-framed vistas Markt and Wettergasse for endless Instagrammable photo opportunities If you go a mere 15 kilometres (nine miles) east of Marburg, you will find the small town of Rauischholzhausen. Apart from the entertainment you get out of trying to pronounce the tongue-twisting name, the village is known for an imposing 1871 castle with large parks and gardens surrounding it The former private estate is now used as a conference centre by Giessen University but guided tours are available to the public import PrebidBidService from "/v1/js/PrebidBidService.js"; import AmazonBidService from "/v1/js/AmazonBidService.js"; window.addEventListener('intersecting',async (e) => { const element = document.querySelector('[data-id="in_article_2"]'); const slot = element.getAttribute('id'); if(e.detail.slotName !== slot) { return; } let promises = []; if(window.canRunPrebid) { const prebidService = new PrebidBidService(); promises.push(prebidService.requestPrebidBids(null [slot])); } if(window.canRunAmazon) { const amazonService = new AmazonBidService(); promises.push(amazonService.fetchBids(null [slot])); } if(promises?.length) { await Promise.all(promises).then(() => { googletag.pubads().refresh([window.addSlot[slot]]); }); } else { googletag.pubads().refresh([window.addSlot[slot]]); } }); Amoeneburg Orono, Maine -- University of Maine women's basketball head coach Richard Barron has announced the hiring of former Black Bear Samantha Baranowski in an assistant coaching role "I'm excited for this opportunity to rejoin the women's basketball program at UMaine," said Baranowski I'm happy to be back in a place that is a second home to me I'm looking forward to my new role as well as preparing for next season and continuing the strong tradition of UMaine women's basketball." scoring 674 points and pulling down 433 rebounds Baranowski earned All-America East third team honors "We are very excited to bring Sam back to Orono "I really enjoyed coaching Sam during her senior year and saw her improve tremendously Her play her senior year earned her all-conference accolades and the opportunity to play professionally overseas Her experience playing professionally and helping coach in the clubs there will be a huge asset for our young team I look forward to working with Sam to help coach our post players I am also happy to have another former player on staff who knows our university and department well and cares for both deeply Please help me in welcoming Sam back to UMaine." Baranowski spent four years following graduation playing professionally overseas where she competed with BC Pharmaserv Marburg - Marburg an der Lahn Germany Baranowski helped Nottingham to its first ever championship title and assisted TK Hannover to the 2016 2DBBL North title A 2012 graduate of the University of Maine Baranowski earned a bachelors degree in International Affairs with a history concentration and a spanish minor Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Dorothy Jean Weaver, professor of New Testament, concludes three-plus decades of teaching at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in May The senior faculty member also owns the distinction of having been the first woman to hold a full-time position at the seminary after receiving her doctorate in New Testament from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond she was appointed to an assistant professorship by invitation from colleagues Kevin Clark and Carmen Schrock-Hurst she offered a sermon titled “I Always Knew That I Would Be a Teacher’ during the seminary community’s bi-weekly chapel service It is reposted here with her permission. The podcast is also available 2018]: EMU’s Board of Trustees announced the awarding of emeritus status to Professor Dorothy Jean Weaver after their March meeting for giving me the opportunity to share this morning This is a very significant year in my life I suppose I always knew in my rational mind that this year would come I somehow never quite imagined would actually arrive At the end of this semester I will be laying down my formal I will be leaving the EMS community – the classrooms the community life – which have been profoundly life-giving and life-shaping over these past 34 years What I will share with you this morning is the story of how I arrived here back in August of 1984 It is a short-hand version of my life story the story of God’s grace and God’s great good humor – at work in the life of one human being And this is without question the most important story that I have to share with you this morning I was growing up right in the heart of the Lehman world the ones I knew anyhow: my grandfather … my uncle … my aunt … my mother … and eventually both of my sisters who wasn’t even a Lehman except by marriage had been a school teacher early in her life whom I never knew and who took perhaps one education course in his entire college career was a school teacher in a one-room school house on Lost Creek I never once imagined any other life for myself And indeed I am a teacher and have been so for more than half of my present lifetime So in one respect my life has been what I always knew it would be God has a great sense of humor and a fascinating sense of timing And God has brought me along for an extraordinary ride a ride I could never have imagined in advance My life thus far has been one that I could never have dreamed up on my own I spent a happy childhood here in Park View in the heart of an extended family whose world revolved almost entirely around EMC as it was then my sister Carol and I invented an imaginary world in which EMC was transformed into Eastern Mennonite University That seemed so much more prestigious and sophisticated…  If I ever thought about the future But I didn’t spend much time thinking that far ahead except for the days when we had to run relay races at recess who loved and cared for God’s people and who loved and cared for me I responded to the call of Christ and was baptized into the Mount Clinton Mennonite Church family And I was a very awkward social outsider in my very small eighth-grade class at Eastern Mennonite High School But from there things began to open up for me as I gradually built friendships and found my way through high school This was a significant faith-building time I participated in testimony meetings in EMHS chapel services I joined in “conversational prayer” groups before school I sought very earnestly to grow in my commitment to Jesus Christ It was the “child-in-the- candy-shop” syndrome: Latin I was the assistant editor in my junior year and the editor in my senior year Nor was there ever a question about where I would attend college It never even occurred to me to consider a school other than EMC So the only question I faced was what major to declare I distinctly remember sitting in the back seat of the car on our family trip to Expo ‘67 and puzzling out this question I would be heading into my senior year at EMHS and it seemed an appropriate time to consider such questions I had studied German in an after-school program during elementary school And I had studied German in high school as well I don’t set this out as a model for such crucial life decisions The “travel bug” is a seriously addictive ailment And little did I know how God was chuckling College was for me remarkable largely in its beginning and its ending and nowhere else I started my college career auspiciously enough as a dormitory student with a beautiful good-hearted roommate who has in the meantime become a lifelong friend I concluded that year as a short-term resident at Philhaven struggling to find my way out of a deep depression This was a life detour for which I had not planned And I spent the next several years of my college career seeking and discovering the inner resources necessary for a long But there was much of grace within this whole experience And I came away with a strong sense of emotional self-awareness and a good handful of “souvenirs” from my stay at Philhaven the items that I had crafted in the creative therapy sessions day by day tangible witness of the grace of God at work in my life at the age of 19 with a group of EMC colleagues and our fearless leader This was surely one of the very first “cross-culturals” offered here at EMU I lived with Monsieur and Madame Chainey and their three children Yvan I got almost fluent in conversational French And from the French Canadian history book that we studied as a class I learned a crucial lesson that I have never forgotten the heroes of my Virginia history books were the villains in my French Canadian history book … and vice versa It’s a lesson that I share with my New Testament students every single year From Quebec City it was on to Marburg an der Lahn Marburg was a picture-book medieval city in central Germany the old city spilling down the hillside to the Lahn River in the valley The university buildings were clustered along the Lahn was high up the hill across from the Altstadt I ate huge bowls of split pea soup and rice pudding at lunch in the Mensa (the cheapest items on the menu!) attended fascinating lectures on German literature – and even one on the Anabaptists of the Reformation It was a rich and highly engaging experience And I had no interest whatsoever in going to live in some big metropolis I went to special pains to fly from JFK to Washington Dulles and from there to Weyers Cave precisely so that I could avoid “tangling” with New York City it was no more than three weeks later that I found myself on a Greyhound bus heading back to New York City to look for a job and to settle down for a two-year stint working at the American Bible Society  at 61st and Broad an opportunity that opened up out of the blue living and working in New York City and loving it I attended worship services at Seventh Avenue Mennonite Church I served as the periodicals librarian at ABS I scanned hundreds of church magazines and routed them to staff members “old Bible letters,” that folks would write to ABS inquiring about the Bibles they found in “Great Aunt Sally’s attic.” I gave people tours of the Bible library a rare book library of thousands of published Bibles And I learned the crucial art of wielding a Bible concordance as I answered phone calls from folks with questions about “a scripture that runs something like this.” But the most enduring memory from my days at ABS comes from the staff meetings Most often the folks who presented at these staff meetings were Bible Society folks back in the US from tours of duty all over the world And what impressed me so deeply were the stories that they told I don’t remember a single one of those stories in detail But the general thrust remains embedded in my awareness These were stories about people who encountered the Bible for the first time ever … and whose lives were profoundly transformed in that encounter I came away from my own tour of duty at the American Bible Society with a deep awareness of the power of God at work through the Scriptures to transform human lives And this story is also one that I share every year with my New Testament students But God was hard at work preparing me for a teaching job of which I had as yet no idea I thought that I was going back to Germany I thought that I would go back to Germany and follow up with further studies at Philipps University I had considered – and turned down – a volunteer job in a German Mennonite nursing home I applied for a Rotary scholarship to Germany the German equivalent of Mennonite Central Committee And I made application to enter the German program at Middlebury College in Vermont I turned over every imaginable stone in an energetic search to find my way back to Germany But none of these options opened up in the end What opened up instead was yet one more “God thing” and a very great surprise It all came about because of my grandfather’s Old Testament Theology one of a set of volumes that he published based on his class lectures from years of teaching right here at Eastern Mennonite Seminary I had borrowed this book from my mother and had started to read it I never got farther than the first few pages But what happened to me in the course of those pages was something I would never have expected something that no one in my entire world of acquaintances had ever once suggested to me All of a sudden and out of the blue I found myself thinking: “This is fascinating And I think I would really enjoy that.” And in an instant the plans for returning to Germany were passé Instead I sent for seminary catalogs from EMS and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and submitted an application to AMBS to leave all my German and French behind!” Little did I know God was opening the doors that would eventually lead me to EMS Seminary was nothing short of a revolution The first thing that hit me was “Elementary Greek,” a six-week course in the summer of 1974 with countless little pieces that needed to be fit together But the real excitement was not just putting the pieces together The real excitement was the fact that when you did so you were reading the New Testament as it had actually been written 2,000 years ago The language courses took me straight into the Bible courses as many of them as I could squeeze into my program I realized almost right away that I was being drawn to the Bible courses as if by a very strong magnet I began to realize that what I was encountering here was something that had lifelong implications And my whole sense of calling was completely redirected I remember sitting in Howard Charles’ New Testament classes (one day or was it many days or was it every day?) and thinking to open the Scriptures for others the way Howard is opening them for us.” The most challenging thing I had to do in my seminary career was to tangle with the human character of the Scriptures the fact that they were profoundly human documents written by ordinary human beings in response to the God-events unfolding in their world Somehow the human aspect of the Scriptures had passed me by up to that point And I struggled as I saw my quasi-magical view of the Scriptures assaulted by the forces of historical criticism with a far sturdier understanding of inspiration and a far higher view of the Scriptures than the virtual “house of cards” with which I had entered seminary and most likely to my student colleagues as well And from there it would be back to the seminary classroom I knew that I needed to go out into the real world somewhere and engage in some real-world activity for a year or so before I headed back to the “ivory towers.” Otherwise I feared that I would come out of grad school of no earthly good in the real world or the real church I may be a strong “tj” sort of person on the Meyers Briggs Personality Tests But I also have some deep intuitions down inside of me that I found myself almost “arguing” with Marlin Miller who was encouraging me to head straight to grad school My next stopping-off place was Christopher Dock Mennonite High School my “Jonah experience.” I have already told you of my struggles as an adolescent I knew that I was not a high school teacher I was very sure that I didn’t have what it took to teach roomfuls of adolescents The high school classroom was the one place I would have avoided at all costs The only problem was that God had another idea about that And I found myself pursued by the relentless “Hound of Heaven.” That is another whole story The harder (and the more deviously) I tried to avoid a teaching job at Christopher Dock the more clearly and unambiguously I found myself pursued by that heavenly hound And when a unanimous invitation came from the Personnel Committee for me to teach Bible and German But by Thanksgiving time of my first year I had already hit a personal time of crisis and needed to step back from the bulk of my teaching for several weeks During that time I reached out for assistance from a trained counselor And I likewise found deep support and deep belonging within my home congregation And I discovered in the process that God was once again When I told my Gospel of John students the story of the man lying by the pool of Bethesda I thought to myself: “These students have no clue that I am actually telling them my own story.” I was that man whom Jesus told to stand up on legs he knew would not hold him and walk on feet that hadn’t walked in 38 years whom Jesus called to get out of the boat and walk to him on the water Classroom discipline was still a challenge How much more evidence does anyone need of the God who works miracles My sojourn at Christopher Dock was a mere two years in length Chief among these had to do with the abundant grace of God and the amazing discovery that I could love myself and even respect myself even if I wasn’t great at high school teaching I think God knew that I needed deliverance from that profoundly hard-wired “success ethic” that came both in my genes and in my history of academic success on God’s own schedule and just in time for my next challenging venture I had never thought about doctoral work as a child That wasn’t an obvious piece of my “elementary-school-to-high-school-to-college-to-teaching” formula But now I knew that grad school was essential So I put out my applications: Princeton Theological Seminary Candler School of Theology at Emory University and Union Theological Seminary in Virginia I received a handwritten letter from a current grad student I sensed that I would need good access to a family-based support system for this academic challenge was only a few short hours “down the pike” from Harrisonburg This was truly one of the biggest challenges I had ever faced I had excelled in a “very small pond.” But at Union I was merely one rather ordinary grad student among a very competitive field of colleagues “When are they going to weed me out?” But the one thing that I didn’t “sweat” for one tiny moment was the very first thing we had to do Remember my sad little lament all the way back in New York City about leaving my German and French behind God must have been chuckling right out loud this journey has not been one of my own design And it is the product of God’s grace and great good humor all along the way We had major exams at the end of our first semester And by the time I reached the final of four exams I found myself sitting terrified in the dean’s office waiting for that fateful envelope with the exam question for the day “I can’t even think of a question that they could ask me that I could answer on this exam.” The fact that I came through that day somewhat purposefully and actually had an exam paper to turn in at the end of the day was yet another of those incredible miracles I went into that program with 150 percent commitment I knew that God had called me to a destination which lay down this highway Even so I came to a spot in my doctoral journey where I was doing little more than running in place The only words I had for it were “moving a mountain with a teaspoon.” A day was good if I accomplished a solid paragraph of progress I woke up with new courage for the task of the day Maybe this would be the day that I would make good progress And then there were the truly amazing gifts that God dropped into my world The first of these came following my first two years on campus just as I was ready to begin work on my dissertation Just then I learned about and applied for an exchange fellowship to the University of Berne in Switzerland I don’t even know if there were other competitors besides one grad colleague because my German was better than my colleague’s Just one significant note: In Berne I had the outstanding opportunity to be “adopted” by Dr a prominent Matthean scholar then teaching at the University of Berne And Ulrich not only included me in his crew of grad students He also gave me the gift of an hour or so of his precious time one day in order to discuss the outlines that were beginning to emerge from my initial work with Matthew 10 the opportunity to spend a semester in Elkhart teaching “Greek Readings.” This was the moment I had been waiting for the moment to test out what I believed was my true calling I now knew for absolute certain that I didn’t belong in a high school classroom Now was the time to discover whether I truly did And the first day of class was all that it took I walked into the classroom and started to teach I could almost literally feel myself relaxing This was the right place and the right job I had gotten all the financial aid that was available from UTS I had told myself that I would never drop out of school and start teaching before finishing my degree So I came to Harrisonburg to look for work And I knocked on the door of Dean George R Whatever made me think that I could find a job that simply and that easily Best I can remember George simply put me up as a candidate for a new position in New Testament I remember sitting in the front classroom of the old seminary building with my future colleagues More than that I don’t remember about the process But what I do remember vividly is what happened just after Christmas in 1983 I had come home from Richmond for the holidays And my mother and I had traveled to Manassas to spend Christmas with my sister Kathie and her family And we returned to Harrisonburg to find a bitter cold house since the oil line from the tank to the house had frozen So my mother lit her little kerosene heater And as we stood there by the heater warming our hands I invited him into our frigid house and explained our plight “I have something here that will warm you up,” he said It was a formal invitation to me to accept a teaching position at Eastern Mennonite Seminary And in God’s grace and God’s great good humor I have been blessed with the joy of the classroom and the opportunity to walk along beside them on holy ground as they find out who they are becoming as ministering persons I have been blessed with a beautiful circle of colleagues colleagues who have become strong and sturdy friends over the years I have been blessed with the gift of a seminary family where teachers minister to students and students in turn minister to teachers I have been blessed with a warm and supportive environment in which to live out my passion for opening the Scriptures in the classroom and for searching out what these texts are all about and what they mean for the life of the present-day church a God full of grace and of great good humor In 2017, Dorothy Jean Weaver published “The Irony of Power: The Politics of God in Matthew’s Narrative” (Pickwick, 2017). Read more here.  Dorothy Jean has told about her life with good grace and no attempt to gloss over difficult personal experiences A thoughtful reflection on a deeply passionate The word “integrity” best describes for me Dorothy Jean’s teaching of Scripture In her classes one gained the skills not to impose one’s own viewpoints on Scripture but to listen to it and see it I know this even though I was never enrolled in EMS she and other EMS professors welcomed into their classes when I was asked to assist a seminary student who was a Chinese pastor because I have been reading her mind-opening book THE IRONY OF POWER: THE POLITICS OF GOD WITHIN MATTHEW’S NARRATIVE It was encouraging and inspiring to me to read of your tenacious desire to be open to the leading of the Spirit and your courage to follow that leading I could identify with so much of your story I’ve never had the privilege of getting to know you so I’m delighted to learn some of your story here I love your reflections on language learning Thank you for being an intellectual and spiritual mentor to so many students at EMS over the decades and in a deep enjoyment of sharing with others May God richly bless your retirement years My first “knowing” you came in high school when your mother and I were friends and she had these three lovely daughters Then I have followed you with various re-connecting over the years Thanks for always being authentic you whom God loves and lives through How glad I am that we have been friends a long time I think when you graduated from EMHS I might have written–as I often autographed the Ember senior pics–“I shall follow your career with interest.” I have done it Thanks a lot professor for sharing part of the road to teaching I learned a lot from the way you presented New Testament teachings at Eastern Mennonite Seminary When I was a seminary student you will have some classes to teach at the seminary You have a wealth of abundant knowledge that will be the fountain of hope to others as well I wish you the best the retirement will bring forth to you The tapestry of your life has been interwoven with intensely colorful strands So thankful you discovered your calling and loved it so much but I won’t believe for a minute that you are done yet challenging and faithful teaching of Biblical Studies You will be remembered as guiding us in the rich experience and process of opening and hearing the living Word — safe passages on the journey Dorothy Jean – It was wonderful to read ‘your life’ sharing Thank you and Blessings as your live changes and all that will be in the next chapter Chairperson of the commission: Christoph WELTECKE ­Secretary of the commission: Raphael KOLLER Hubert led the commission during many years during important work.  About the Chair of the CTIF Volunteer Firefighter Commission:  Christoph Weltecke was born in September 1976 He has been active in the volunteer fire brigade since he was 12 years old the work of the fire brigade association is important to him He is Vice President of the German Fire Brigade Association with more than one million members and of the State Fire Brigade Association of Hesse he has been a member of the Voluntary Fire Brigade Commission since 2017 Click here for CTIF Hours of Operation: Click here to Contact Communications & Website Maintenance © 2017 International Association of Fire and Rescue Services
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Nonetheless, he always stayed connected to his country of birth and showed himself very happy to be named an honorary citizen of Echternach on Friday. 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Die Fotostiftung Schweiz in Winterthur zeigt (gegenwärtig geschlossen wegen der Corona-Krise) eine umfassende Werkschau von Evelyn Hofer (1922-2009) die von der New York Times als die berühmteste (unbekannte) Fotografin Amerikas bezeichnet wurde Das Handwerk hatte sie in der Schweiz gelernt Ent­de­ckungs­rei­sen durch ame­ri­ka­ni­sche Gross­städ­te So­zi­al­stu­di­en in einem wa­li­si­schen Dorf Be­su­che in Künst­ler­ate­liers oder eine Por­t­rät­se­rie aus dem Ber­gell – Eve­lyn Hofer hat ein fo­to­gra­fi­sches Ka­lei­do­skop ge­schaf­fen das fast ein hal­bes Jahr­hun­dert um­fasst Das Werk der deutsch-ame­ri­ka­ni­schen Fo­to­gra­fin die eine enge Be­zie­hung zur Schweiz pfleg­te Be­reits in den 1950er Jah­ren fo­to­gra­fier­te sie auch in Farbe: Sie nutz­te diese de­zi­diert als Ge­stal­tungs­mit­tel und war damit ihrer Zeit weit vor­aus Mit der Gross­for­mat­ka­mera kon­zen­trier­te sie sich auf das We­sent­li­che und schuf oft ma­le­ri­sche Fo­to­gra­fi­en deren Zeit­lo­sig­keit und Stil­le heute wie­der zu ent­de­cken sind Die Aus­stel­lung in der «Fo­to­stif­tung Schweiz» ver­eint Eve­lyn Ho­fers un­ter­schied­li­che Ar­bei­ten in einer um­fas­sen­den Werk­schau es­say­is­ti­sche Bild­stre­cken für Ma­ga­zi­ne sowie ihre frei­en Ar­bei­ten wer­den ne­ben­ein­an­der ge­zeigt Die­ser Rei­gen von Bil­dern in fei­nen Grau­tö­nen und star­ken Far­ben be­rührt uns durch die Wärme mit der Eve­lyn Hofer Mo­men­te für die Ewig­keit ein­ge­fro­ren hat Sie be­geg­net ihrem Ge­gen­über – sei das eine Stadt­land­schaft eine Bäue­rin aus So­glio oder Andy War­hol – stets mit der­sel­ben Neu­gier­de und Of­fen­heit es ist immer ein Portrait – ein gemaltes Portrait trifft zwar auf das ganze Werk der Fotografin zu kommt aber ihren Arbeiten im Umfeld von zeitgenössischen Künstlerinnen und Künstler besonders zum Tragen wird diese zu einem leitenden Element ihrer Kompositionen Auch die Wirkung der Fotografien ist malerisch Die Gegenstände lösen sich aus ihrer zeitlichen Gebundenheit und bewirken eine leichte Entrücktheit der Motive Arrangiert sie einen Gegenstand vor der Kamera so entsteht keine sachlich distanzierte Aufnahme wie bei einer klassischen Objektfotografie Dye Transfer (Kodak) ist das Verfahren zur Herstellung von Farbbildern von Diapositiv- oder Farbnegativfilm (seit 1947) Dabei werden zunächst schwarz-weisse Farbnegative unter Verwendung von Farbfiltern hergestellt Von diesen werden Matrizen in der Grösse des Farbabzuges produziert Die Matrizen werden in Farbstoff-Lösungen (blaugrün gelb Dyes) eingefärbt und anschliessend nacheinander auf ein mit Gelatine beschichtetem Barytpapier passgenau übertragen Dye Transfer-Abzüge bestechen durch nuancenreiche Farben lange Haltbarkeit und körnungslose Bildfläche 1922 in Marburg an der Lahn in eine wohlhabende Familie geboren 1927 zieht die Familie ins Fextal im Oberengadin und gibt 1933 Für einige Jahre lebt die Familie in Madrid bei Ausbruch des spanischen Bürgerkriegs kehren Evelyn Hofer und ihre Schwester aber wieder ins Engadin zurück beginnt sie eine Ausbildung als Fotografin im bekannten Studio Bettina in Zürich und nimmt Privatstunden bei den Fotografen Hans Finsler und Robert Spreng einflussreiche Vertreter der Neuen Sachlichkeit in der Zwischenzeit nach Mexiko ausgewandert Evelyn Hofer nimmt die mexikanische Staatsbürgerschaft an und bekommt erste Aufträge für Modezeitschriften Die Reaktionen auf diese Aufnahmen sind durchzogen sondern vielmehr Porträts der Modelle zu schaffen Sie kämpft um die Anerkennung ihrer Arbeit und gegen das Vorurteil sie vertreibe sich die Zeit bis zur Heirat mit fotografieren als sie 1946 nach New York umzieht und als freischaffende Fotografin für Zeitschriften wie Haper’s Bazaar oder Vogue zu arbeiten beginnt New York wird bis ins hohe Alter ihr Arbeits- und Wohnort bleiben zu einer wirklichen Heimat wird die Metropole aber nie Evelyn Hofer befasste sich neben technischen Aspekten und dem Arbeiten in der Dunkelkammer vor allem auch mit kunsttheoretischen und fotoästhetischen Aspekten wodurch sie schliesslich ihre charakteristische Fotografie für Zeitschriften bildete In den 1950er-Jahren war sie eine der ersten Fotografen die Farbe in ihr fotografisches Werk einführten; Hofer wandte sich früh der Technik des Reliefdrucks zu Während ihrer gesamten Schaffenszeit fotografierte sie sowohl in Farbe als auch in Schwarz-Weiss – in Abhängigkeit davon wonach das einzelne Motiv in der jeweiligen Situation verlangte Evelyn Hofers gradliniger Stil ist an keine modischen Strömungen in der Fotografie gebunden und verändert sich über die Jahrzehnte kaum Während Zeitgenossen wie Robert Frank oder Helen Levitt in schnappschussartigen Aufnahmen den subjektiven Zugang betonten sind die Fotografien von Evelyn Hofer durchkomponiert und malerisch Ein Herzstück in ihrem Werk ist die umfangreiche Porträtserie der Bewohner von Soglio den Evelyn Hofer am ehesten als ihr Zuhause betrachtete Jeden Sommer kehrte sie nach Soglio zurück das sie seit ihrer Kindheit kannte und schätzte Die umfangreiche Serie entstand als freie Arbeit Ihre persönliche Motivation und die tiefe Verbundenheit zeigen sich in der aussergewöhnlichen Nähe zu den Porträtierten: entspannte Körper gelöste Gesichter und das private Umfeld sind Ausdruck dieser vertrauensvollen Beziehung ISBN 978-3-95829-563-6 (Steidl Göttingen) ISBN 978-3-9811884-3-1 (Galerie m Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); Although Frankfurt is a well-known city in Germany, it’s not a destination with endless attractions for tourists to spend days exploring. There are enough sights to keep you busy for one day in Frankfurt, but after that you’ll want to start looking for other spots in the region The good news is that Frankfurt is centrally located within Germany meaning that you can travel in any direction and find fun places to explore The best places to visit from Frankfurt range from cute villages to big cities here are some of the best day trips from Frankfurt an aggregation site that searches and displays prices and availability from hundreds of car rental companies helping you find the best possible car for your budget Don’t want to drive or deal with the hassle of public transport We’ve listed the best tour for each day trip (where available) The romantic university town of Heidelberg is one of the most popular Frankfurt day trips Start your visit in Heidelberg’s Marktplatz (marketplace) where you’ll find the Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Spirit) you’ll see plenty of stunning historic buildings – including The Knight’s House which has the town’s scenic Old Bridge across it But the main attraction here is Heidelberg Castle the immense ruin of a once-glorious Renaissance palace Besides touring what remains of its striking interior you can see the Heidelberg Tun – the world’s largest wine barrel – in its cellars there’s also the opportunity to enjoy the fantastic views out over town from the castle Getting there: Frequent trains make the journey from Frankfurt to Heidelberg in roughly an hour. However, if you’d like to be shown around, a guided tour is the way to go Book Tour to Heidelberg One of the best side trips from Frankfurt is to the spa town of Baden-Baden The old-fashioned spa resort lies in Germany’s legendary Black Forest and is a great place to unwind among grand surroundings.  Start out by walking into town along the Lichtentaler Allee seek out the Kurhaus complex for its elegant colonnaded buildings which boasts an arcade with colorful frescoes Right in the heart of town lies the extravagant Casino Baden-Baden the oldest and possibly most lavish casino in Germany.  Other places to visit in Baden-Baden include the Fabergé Museum which displays a collection of Fabergé eggs you might just want to spend the rest of your time here in the luxurious thermal baths Getting there: There are regular trains from Frankfurt to Baden-Baden that take roughly an hour and a half It’s hard to resist the call of the Rhine Valley when you’re in Frankfurt As one of the most popular day tours from Frankfurt the Rhine Valley offers various ways for you to approach a visit Perhaps you want to focus on the region’s world-famous wine and the vineyards covering the hillsides along the river Maybe you want to visit some of the postcard-perfect villages along its banks which are packed with beautiful half-timbered houses.  You can also admire the valley from panoramic viewpoints such as the iconic Lorelei rock another way to see all of this is to enjoy a river cruise along the Rhine taking in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed landscape Getting there: While it depends where in the Rhine Valley you hope to go, regular trains will take you to villages like Bacharach and Rüdesheim in a little over an hour. However, to experience more than one village, it’s best to visit the valley on an organized tour Book Tour to Rhine Valley Germany is famous for its castles Surely one of the best places to visit in Germany Eltz Castle is both a beauty to look at and full of history and character this medieval marvel has managed to stay in the same family for 33 generations You’ll probably recognize the castle from photos thanks to its striking design and the stone road that leads up to the narrow rock it sits upon It gets better: Once you’ve admired its exterior you can tour the castle’s well-preserved interior to see the halls go for a hike up through the surrounding forest to enjoy the peaceful nature and score some more castle views from multiple vantage points.  no trains will get you right to Eltz Castle from Frankfurt Probably the most famous stop along Germany’s Romantic Road Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a tourist destination few will want to miss Rothenburg is a delight to explore on foot.  the central square where you’ll see the palatial Town Hall and the intricately carved St As you wander past countless gorgeous buildings the town’s iconic street corner often featured in postcards.  Rothenburg is surrounded by medieval town walls and if you head to any one of its many imposing gates you can climb up and take a walk along the walls For views of vineyards leading down to the Tauber River and across to the town’s skyline Getting there: While it requires several transfers, you can take the train from Frankfurt to Rothenburg in around three hours. To spend less time traveling and more time sightseeing, you may want to visit with a guided tour Book Tour to Rothenburg ob der Tauber Hanau is easily one of the most interesting things to see in Germany outside of Frankfurt This pretty town is where the Brothers Grimm as there’s a large monument to the brothers right in the town’s main square.  You’ll find plenty of pretty buildings surrounding the elegant New Town Hall in the Marktplatz One of the most interesting is the Goldsmiths’ House a museum that displays traditional jewelry and an authentic goldsmith workshop.  Although it’s a little out from the center of town Philippsruhe Castle is also worth a visit if you can get there This attractive Baroque palace is home to the Hanau Historical Museum which features exhibits on historical crafts and the Brothers Grimm Getting there: Hanau is an easy train trip from Frankfurt with frequent trains making the 15-minute journey Another short trip from Frankfurt is the historic city of Mainz Mainz has a lengthy history that has helped it become a major regional center of culture Bombing during World War II destroyed much of the city so this is a great place to start your visit and the magnificent Romanesque Mainz Cathedral.  It’s in the Old Town that you’ll also find a bevy of major museums you’ll see some preserved ancient Roman ruins Mainz is also known as Germany’s wine capital so it’d be a shame not to try at least one of its wine taverns while you’re there.  Getting there: Regular trains travel from Frankfurt to Mainz A trip over the French border to Strasbourg lets you add some variety to your time in Germany. With plenty to see in Strasbourg start by making your way to the Gothic Cathedral of Notre-Dame (not to be confused with the medieval cathedral in Paris!) Be sure to take a trip up the cathedral’s tower for sweeping city views Strasbourg’s Old Town is set on the Grande Île with a scenic waterfront surrounding a dense district of photogenic houses and moody alleys The prettiest spot in Strasbourg is La Petite France a neighborhood of waterways and half-timbered houses.  To learn more about Strasbourg and the surrounding Alsace region or one of the various museums found inside Palais Rohan Don’t miss the Cave Historique des Hospices Strasbourg a historic wine cellar that’s the perfect setting for wine tasting Getting there: A few daily trains make the journey from Frankfurt to Strasbourg in just over two hours While you’ll find plenty of opportunities for shopping in Frankfurt those looking for savings will want to visit Wertheim Village This shopping village outside the city boasts more than 110 fashion and luxury boutiques that carry brands like Versace You’ll find a mix of German and international brands here so it’s a great shopping destination if you want a special souvenir to take home so you’re unlikely to find better deals on your vacation!  In case you get tired from all this retail therapy so you’ll have no problem making a day of it Getting there: With just one bus a day making the hour-and-a-half trip from Frankfurt to Wertheim Village you may want to drive yourself to avoid being stuck to a fixed schedule Though not especially well known among tourists the university town of Marburg delights those who visit Begin your explorations of Marburg with Oberstadt You’ll spot plenty of enchanting half-timbered houses as you meander the cobblestone alleys and stairways coming off its main market square Overlooking all of this is Landgrafen Palace Marburg’s grand hilltop castle that hosts a museum and offers unparalleled views of the town.  Marburg is probably best known for its university which means you’ll find plenty of bars and cafes around town The university also gives Marburg a Brothers Grimm connection There’s even a special trail through town dedicated to the brothers dotted with sculptures related to their stories Getting there: To reach Marburg from Frankfurt you can take one of the regular trains that make the one-hour journey Wiesbaden is one of the oldest spa towns in Germany home to impressive buildings like the New Town Hall a large square with fountains bordered by elegant colonnades and the striking Kurhaus.  there are also thermal baths and saunas to visit all around town One of the most prominent venues is the Kaiser Friedrich Baths The Opel Baths up in the Neroberg hills are also quite popular Getting there: Getting from Frankfurt to Wiesbaden is easy thanks to the frequent trains that get you there in around 50 minutes For a captivating walled town close to Frankfurt you’ll need to pass through the serious fortifications that have defended Büdingen since the 15th century.  which showcases the town’s well-preserved half-timbered buildings which now hosts a museum highlighting regional folk traditions.  This medieval stronghold is the highlight of the town you can still visit its museum and take tours to see its chapel and frescoes Getting there: With no public transport options your best bet for getting to Büdingen from Frankfurt is to drive it’s possible to visit a castle in Germany that likely inspired the famous monster tale of Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley visited this part of Germany two years before publishing her story that shares the castle’s name.  A visit to the ruins of this hilltop castle makes it easy to see how the fortress could have inspired Shelley All manner of spooky tales surround the castle including ones of alchemist Johann Konrad Dippel who is rumored to have done some pretty unhinged experiments in his day.  but you can still climb one of its towers for views of the surrounding area The castle also has a restaurant that hosts special themed parties in the weeks around Halloween Getting there: To reach Frankenstein Castle from Frankfurt first take the frequent train to Darmstadt it’s a tram ride to the village of Malchen and then a walk up to the castle it should only take around two hours to get there Found where the Moselle River meets the Rhine this city is more than just a convenient rest stop; it’s a worthy destination in its own right.While the town center has a few nice churches and squares it’s best to head for the riverfront to see landmarks like the Basilica of St the point where the Rhine and Moselle converge which is marked by a monument to William the Great.  take the river cable car to the imposing Ehrenbreitstein Fortress not to mention plenty of fortifications to clamber over in search of majestic views Getting there: Regular trains travel from Frankfurt to Koblenz with the journey ranging from an hour and a half to two hours If you’re aching to get away from civilization one of your best options is the sea of rocks known as Felsenmeer Felsenmeer is home to many rock flows that look like rivers full of huge boulders.  but it’s now rightly recognized as a nature park Besides jumping about on those huge rock flows you can take various hiking routes that crisscross the rocks and lead you into the surrounding forest It’s basically one big playground for outdoor enthusiasts Getting there: The only way to reach this remote destination from Frankfurt is to drive there These are just some of the places surrounding Frankfurt that you’ll want to consider for day trips when visiting the city but at least now you have a solid starting point for deciding where to go in your spare time Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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