Bonnie Carenen (2005) has written Partners in Prayer, meditations for Advent 2010, published by Chalice Press. Bonnie serves with Church World Service in Indonesia.

Mark Toulouse (1977) is the co-author with Doug Foster and Gary Holloway of Renewing Christian Unity: A Concise History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The book "provides a brief history of the Disciples and their unwavering but ever-adapting commitment to the unity of the church." It is the third volume in a series of co-written histories about the three branches of the Stone-Campbell movement. The book will be released in December by Abilene Christian University Press.

Kerry Waller (2000), Ben Duehom, and son Soren, welcomed a foster child into their family this fall. Kerry continues as Senior Minister of the Christian Church of Villa Park. Also, find the cards she designs at Kerry Dueholm Designs

Marsha G.-H. Peeler, DDH Administrator, is the proud grandmother of Marsha Melonie-Leigh McMillen, born November 1 at 4:02 pm in Chicago. Baby Marsha, her parents Brandy and Ross, and her grandparents are doing well.

We are saddened to learn of the death of Ned Romine (1943) on November 15. He had a long and fruitful ministry in congregations, followed by a very active retirement. Last year he moved from southern California to Wenatchee, Washington, to live near his daughter and son-in-law. He died at home in his sleep; he was 91.

Congratulations to Associate Dean Brittany Barber (1995) and her husband Kevin Metzner on the birth of Julius Eric Barber Metzner on October 29, 2010, at 10:40 am. He weighed in at seven pounds, six ounces, and he measured 20 1/2 inches. Julius and his parents are doing well.

Westminster John Knox Press has published Vulnerability and Glory: A Theological Account by Kristine A. Culp (1982). More information here.

At the end of October, Current Scholar Brandon Cook traveled to Lebanon for a meeting of the Executive Committee of the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He is the North American representative to the committee. They met at the monastery of Our Lady of the Mountain at Fatka, near Beirut. The WSCF is "a global community of Student Christian Movements committed to dialogue, ecumenism, social justice and peace."

Michael Kinnamon (1973) has been elected to a second four-year term as the General Secretary of the National Council of Churches.

Garry Sparks (Current Scholar) presented his work on interreligious dialogue between Christian theology and Mayan spirituality at Eureka College on October 28. He spoke at the W.E. Garrison Theology Colloquium, which was organized by Bill Wright (1995), Assistant Professor at Eureka. Sparks, a Theology PhD candidate, was selected as the Divinity School's Mellon Dissertation Fellow this year.