In the spring semester of the 2025-26 school year, I lived in Washington, D.C., which is a city that understands something crucial: memory needs visual representation. Walk ten minutes in any direction...

“I’m worried that I will be the last Republican President.” So said George W. Bush — the 43rd President of the United States and a good man — in 2016 to Mark Updegrove, author of “The Last...

There are films. There are masterpieces. And then there is Nacho Libre, a cinematic event so spiritually profound, so morally rigorous, that it dares to ask a central question of Western civilization:...

As Calvin University celebrates 150 years, we must accept — with gratitude — the charge of being a “tiny fundamentalist school,” though it reveals more about the accuser than the accused. “Tiny”...

We all know that Santa Claus possesses the most advanced intelligence apparatus the world has ever seen — an omnipresent surveillance network rivaling anything the National Security Agency (NSA) itself...

“I have brought peace, freedom, justice and security to my new empire!” Anakin Skywalker shouts, his voice trembling with rage and conviction. To Obi-Wan Kenobi, standing amidst the lava flows and...

The word “seminary” originally comes from the Latin word “seminarium”, meaning “seedbed.” Seminary, as we often hear it now, describes a very specific way to continue theological or ministerial...

Micah Watson, politics professor and executive director of the Henry Institute, and Matthew Lundberg, religion professor and director of the De Vries Institute, have collaborated to publish a new campus...

History is made today, Nov. 5, 2025, as the shutdown of the federal government stretches into its 36th day, becoming the longest shutdown in US history. Though the shutdown is the result of decisions made...

When Donald Trump talks about heaven, it’s hard not to wince.  In a recent conversation with reporters, the President said, “You know, there’s no reason to be good. I want to be good so you can...

Last week, I was pleasantly greeted by a piece in Chimes by my classmate Robert Hine, who responded to one of my previous articles, titled What is church?, with an excellent article of his own, Hope and...

Calvin University has a "covenantal partnership” with the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA), and many of the important governance decisions made by the CRCNA apply directly to Calvin....

According to Calvin University’s Confessional Commitment and Academic Freedom (CCAF) document, “...the Confessions are as important to Calvin…as the Constitution or Bill of Rights is for jurisprudence...

Shortly after students arrived at Calvin to begin the 2025 academic year, Campus Ministries held one of their best-attended events — the Church and Ministry Fair, which brings together many churches...

If I had to guess, I’d guess that many of you have taken classes that have “No-AI” policies in the syllabus. I would also guess that many of you have blatantly violated such policies. If I continued...

It isn’t easy to admit being wrong, so here goes nothing. You may recall a previous article, written by yours truly, evaluating some actions of the current U.S. Presidential administration. At the time,...

Last Monday, as I was reading through Chimes, I couldn’t help but notice an article that discussed the current happenings around the United States’ temporary freeze of foreign development aid – aid...