EMU holds ‘forgiveness’ symposium

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HARRISONBURG, Va.—On Oct. 10, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, held a symposium on “forgiveness” with a focus on understanding the Amish response two the schoolhouse shooting on Oct. 2, 2006.

Two Lancaster area men who spoke on behalf of the Amish community in the aftermath of the tragedy and fielded hundreds of media queries spoke and took questions. Donald B. Kraybill, professor at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, and Herman Bontrager, president/CEO of Goodville Mutual Casualty Company, will reflect on Amish beliefs and practice that prompted them to forgive, show compassion and respond graciously, despite their deep pain.

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