Calvin University Chimes

Could an Asbury-like revival happen at Calvin?
March 19, 2023
Adelaide Mei and Savannah Shustack
The Asbury Revival — a chapel service at a Christian university turned two-week prayer and worship event drawing thousands — has been in the news for...
Recent grad hired to study and promote disability inclusion on campus
March 19, 2023
Maya Oeverman, Campus Reporter
Recent graduate Simon Detmer has returned to Calvin to serve as Research Assistant to the Office of the President, with special focus on disability, accessibility...
Calvin grads create platform to support DIII Athletics
March 19, 2023
Lauren Nyong, Sports Reporter
Calvin alumni and brothers Zac and Matt Snyder are working to bring recognition and attention to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)’s...
“Cherishing this long-term relationship”: Faculty exchange links Calvin with Károli Gáspár University
March 12, 2023
Savannah Shustack, General Assignement Editor
Péti Miklós, Milton scholar and head of the Institute of English Studies at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, visited...
Post-pandemic, students are less interested in new events, more interested in casual hangouts
March 12, 2023
Maya Oeverman, General Assignement Editor
Some of the more obvious effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are fading, but there are long-lasting effects that Calvin’s campus, as well as campuses across...

Ashley Hamons, General Assignment Reporter

While many students traveled home for spring break early this month or went on vacation away from the Michigan winter, some remained on campus, paying for the extra time in the dorms in order to work or because home was too far away. Break is a big example, but for some students daily life includes similar choices on a smaller...

History, faith and gender collide in controversy around article on sex, salvation

Katie Rosendale, General Assignment Reporter

What does sex have to do with the church? When it comes to religious metaphors, how far is too far? How does power, especially gendered power, shape interpretation of Biblical ideas today? When The Gospel Coalition — a group of Reformed and evangelical churches, founded by pastor Tim Keller and theologian D.A. Carson —...