http://www.pietisten.org/authors/SandstromPeter.htmlen-ushttp://www.pietisten.org/winter99/sebestyen.htmlhttp://www.pietisten.org/winter99/sebestyen.htmlI had never sung in Hungarian before. Actually, I had never spoken or done anything in Hungarian. Yet, here I was, one of twenty or so, who had gathered in what was then the lounge of the North Park College Campus Center. It was the sometimes haunt of a most amazing and unique man, Dr. Paul Sebestyén.http://www.pietisten.org/fall99/folkschool.htmlhttp://www.pietisten.org/fall99/folkschool.htmlWhat follows, then, is the outline of a tentative proposal for the creation of what we are terming a "pietist folk school." As with its predecessors, this school would attempt to be an expression of pietism for its time and to speak to an unaddressed need in the realm of American higher education.http://www.pietisten.org/winter00/cedarleaf.htmlhttp://www.pietisten.org/winter00/cedarleaf.htmlWe gathered on the first bitter cold day of the Minnesota winter to bid farewell to Doug Cedarleaf. A looming high-pressure center had driven away every hint of cloud that Saturday, leaving only the yellow sun, low slung even at its zenith, and the clarity of a blue sky found only in the chill of a northern December. The memorial service was conducted on the last day of the church year; the sanctuary, caught in the transition, was already bedecked with the golden angelic banners and evergreen boughs of Advent.http://www.pietisten.org/fall04/fburtonnelson.htmlhttp://www.pietisten.org/fall04/fburtonnelson.htmlA vast sea of acquaintances knew Burton Nelson in any of several roles: seminary professor, pastor, theologian, Bonhoeffer scholar, social critic, ecumenist, author, and editor, among others. http://www.pietisten.org/christmas07/betty_nelson.htmlhttp://www.pietisten.org/christmas07/betty_nelson.htmlBetty Nelson was a gracious woman who warmly touched the lives of many people. Among those who experienced her unceasing cheerfulness, gift-giving, and laughter were, first and foremost, her family.