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Tom Beutel Tom Beutel is Professor of Computer Science and director of the Honors Program at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.), Northeastern University (M.S.) and Nova Southeastern University (Ph.D.). He currently serves as chair of the newly formed Peace and Justice Committee of Gilead Mennonite Church in Chesterville, Ohio. Tom lives in Fredericktown, Ohio, with his wife Wendy. They have five children living in various parts of the country: David (Hawaii), Katy (Virginia), Kevin (New York), Dan (Washington state) and Adam (Ohio). Tom has been involved in various peace and justice efforts, including Knox County Voices for Peace, and as a peace advocate on a university panel on the Iraq war. He has focused on raising awareness of the social impact of technology, the implications of overdependence on technology (especially for Christians), and other peace and justice issues including fair trade coffee. His interests include reading, word and logic puzzles, board games, counted cross-stitch and gardening. December 15, 2009 Emmanuel November 17, 2009 Think about these things October 20, 2009 Public footpaths and dog-friendly pubs September 15, 2009 Trusting God August 18, 2009 Who Is My Neighbor? July 21, 2009 Revisiting cluster bombs May 19, 2009 A parable with two endings April 21, 2009 Earth Day 2009 March 17, 2009 Peace, justice & simple living February 17, 2009 Food and Peace, Part 2: Factory Farming and Health December 16, 2008 No poor among you November 18, 2008 Common ground October 21, 2008 Fair Trade Month September 16, 2008 What Would You Do If...? August 19, 2008 One Body, Many Members June 17, 2008 Food and Peace, Part 1: KISS April 15, 2008 Peace, Justice, and Love March 18, 2008 Counting the Cost February 19, 2008 Preaching to the Choir? January 15, 2008 Doing is Believing December 18, 2007 Christmas Lights October 16, 2007 Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time September 18, 2007 Fair Trade: A Matter of Peace and Justice August 21, 2007 Peace and Justice 101 July 17, 2007 Healthy Eating as Peacemaking June 19, 2007 Power Without Conscience May 15, 2007 Gardening as Peacemaking April 17, 2007 Loving Enemies March 20, 2007 Flesh of My Flesh January 16, 2007 An Inconvenient Truth December 19, 2006 It's a Wonderful Life November 21, 2006 Winning and Losing and Being the Church October 17, 2006 Teaching Peace September 19, 2006 You Shall Not Kill August 15, 2006 Intentional Peacemaking: Refrain & Finale July 18, 2006 The Economics of Shalom June 20, 2006 Transforming our use of water May 16, 2006 Intentional peacemaking: Welcoming strangers April 18, 2006 Intentional peacemaking: Peace with ourselves March 21, 2006 Intentional Peacemaking: Peace with God (updated) February 21, 2006 Intentional peacemaking January 17, 2006 Instead of peace, a sword! December 20, 2005 The spirit of Christmas present November 15, 2005 Redeeming Wal-Mart October 18, 2005 Fair trade: Plain and simple September 20, 2005 Beginning in the church (Part 2) August 16, 2005 Beginning in the church (Part 1) July 19, 2005 Witnessing against violence: Abortion June 21, 2005 Oz and the death penalty May 17, 2005 Practicing nonresistance April 19, 2005 Bringing reconciliation March 15, 2005 Doing justice February 15, 2005 Eyes to see, part 2 January 18, 2005 Eyes to see December 21, 2004 Emmanuel November 16, 2004 Setting the prisoners free October 19, 2004 Proverbs, prophets and the poor September 21, 2004 A prayer for enemies September 21, 2004 Loving our enemies with prayer August 18, 2004 Getting out the vote

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