Incarceration keeps individuals separated from society, but also at odds with family. Because of this, there are very few opportunities to truly form impactful relationships. Al Woods, a CPI student from...
The Church should reevaluate its expectation that political leaders, particularly the President, share our faith. Such a reevaluation should also prompt us to rethink our politics. The collapse of Christendom...
Last weekend, before the election, I saw a post circulating around Instagram by influencer Cole LaBrant. A somber photo shows LaBrant with his hand on the shoulder of now President-elect Donald Trump,...
We know them as some of the holiest figures in society: pastors, church leaders, Christian authors — “messengers” of the Gospel, who will lead us down the right path to salvation if only we trust...
Amid the Halloween decorations and excitement for parties and trick-or-treating surrounding October 31, one historical event tied to this date often goes unnoticed — even here at Calvin University, which...
I’ll admit that when I started watching my first K-drama, doing so went directly against the dating advice I typically give when asked: “Don’t do anything you wouldn’t independently enjoy just...
In the spring of 2024, a number of faculty signed a letter that was sent to Calvin’s Board of Trustees (BOT) requesting that Calvin divest its financial investments from any organizations benefiting...
On Saturday, October 12, I attended a lecture by Doris Kearns Goodwin at the Ford Museum downtown. Killer way to spend my Saturday night, I know. Goodwin is an internationally acclaimed historian, documentary...
Back in the day, I believed we were born into this world condemned to die and there was nothing that we could do about it. That belief contributed towards my unstable relationship with God and religion....
What would Jesus do? This question, or catchphrase, became especially popular during the decades of the 1980s and ‘90s — so popular, in fact, that there were wooden plaques, t-shirts, bumper stickers...
While one might not think of asking questions as a spiritual exercise, New York Times columnist David Brooks, in his book How to Know a Person, suggests that practicing curiosity is formative both in shaping...
“Knollcrest Dining hall is bad” is a claim that I've heard throughout all of my four years at Calvin. This reputation is undeserved. Knollcrest Dining hall is just as good as Commons, if not better.
The...