A Throwback to Homecoming 2012

Coach Steve Johnson recalls the legendary game that the athletics department want to commemorate 10 years later

Steve Johnson has no time to be shocked when the Concordia University football team gets a defensive penalty giving Bethel University’s team back the ball. Concordia leads 14–7, the clock at zero and Johnson has one more chance to win the game. Coordinating with quarterback Erik Peterson, he develops the plan to go for two if they make the touchdown. With his fingernails reduced to nu

Textura Guatemala Interview Project: Makenzi Johnson

Makenzi Johnson, journalism and Spanish student, discusses her experience being a reporter in Guatemala at The Clarion office at Bethel University. She and other journalism students went with a program called Textura, an organization of English students and professors traveling the world and experiencing the role of journalism in other countries.

Editor’s note: For more about Textura Guatemala, go to Seek Textura, where you can buy a magazine or donate to the project or the Guatemalan families.

Saint Renee

Renee Duke, 82 loves to host family gatherings and enjoys cooking big meals for everyone. | Photo submitted by Renee Duke Renee Duke sits on the edge of the bed where her frail husband’s body resides, nearly lifeless, but still breathing. Her foster son, Paul, sits beside her with his head burrowed into his chest. He turns and faces and mutters out the words, “Mom, Dad’s gonna die.” Paul, now 52, has Down Syndrome and although he has a mental disability, he understands what death is. Ever since