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Calvin University Chimes

Since 1907
Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

All content by Ella Vanden Berg
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Going Vegan: A conversation with professor Matthew Halteman

Ella Vanden Berg, Religion Reporter
November 11, 2024

This Tuesday, Nov. 12, Calvin Philosophy Professor Matthew Halteman’s new book, Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan, will be released. In the book, Halteman aims to shift how people...

The Calvin chapel plaza

Reformation Day: A historic moment in the ever-reforming church

Ella Vanden Berg and Graham Kort
November 4, 2024

Last Thursday, Oct. 31, marked 507 years since a monk named Martin Luther posted his “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences” — now known as the 95 Theses — to a church door in Wittenberg,...

The spiritual exercise of asking questions

Ella Vanden Berg, General Assignment Reporter
October 28, 2024

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...

Why ‘Every square inch’ matters

Ella Vanden Berg and Malachi VerWys
September 30, 2024

If to you, “Every square inch” is just an antiquated Christian nationalist slogan, then you’ve probably never actually read Kuyper. One of the most basic ideas in Kuyper’s writings is the concept...

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