Benjamin Walls

12-year-old Lydia Gessner knew something wasn’t right. Her father couldn’t stop shivering and nothing, not even the many blankets wrapped around him, could keep him warm. The panicking family called an ambulance and went to the local emergency room. For hours, Gessner nervously waited for the diagnosis in the hospital waiting room. Later that night, she heard it might be cancer.

A few days later, it was confirmed. For two years, Gessner prayed and pleaded to God that her father would recover, b

For seven years Steinbach taught at Northwestern before he made the move to Bethel in 2001. It was around this time the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law — a law focusing on assessment and testing in hopes of improving student academic performance across the country. While the law may have had good intentions, for Steinbach and many other professors, it meant compromising creativity in the classroom.

“Our students changed dramatically, and they started being less concerned with, ‘How

Kristianna Woller walked onto the stage, centering herself in front of the choir. Her black dress contrasted the blue robes of the choir members. She turned her back to the audience, checked her footing, and took a deep breath. She nodded toward the pianist and raised her hands in the starting position.

Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Bethel University hosted its Spring Choir Concert in Benson Great Hall. The choir started learning some of this music in the fall, but most preparation began collectively