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Calvin Seminary Students Visit Israel
This past January, I had the privilege of being a part of a group of Calvin Seminary students who traveled to Israel for two weeks. I myself am not a…
Anne Harrison Integrates Ministry and Library Backgrounds as New Theological Librarian
As a seminary graduate working in a library, Anne Harrison wondered if she’d ever be able to truly integrate her two callings: libraries and ministry. Earlier this year she found…
Celebrating Distance Education at Calvin Seminary
Kurtis Ritsema, a full-time Calvin Seminary student, shows up for class every day. Sometimes with his baby by his side. Though Ritsema lives in West Michigan, you won’t find him…
From One Generation to the Next: Empowering a New Generation of Church Leaders
“One generation will call to the next, ‘Our God is good and his hand is strong!’ All of the world sings his marvelous acts and our voice will join with…
Dementia and Wilderness
Dementia. Few diagnoses carry the level of fear and dread that this little word does, both for the one diagnosed and for that person’s loved ones. Although Alzheimer’s is perhaps…
Christian Triumphalism: The Antithesis to Trauma Recovery
Occasionally, I will suggest to my students that Scripture puts forth two provocative questions that each of us are forced to struggle with at various points in our lives. The…
What to Do When Church Leadership Feels Lonely?
Nobody warned me that ministry could be lonely. If they had, I probably wouldn’t have believed them anyway. 40 years later, I believe that loneliness is part and parcel of…
Where does Pastoral Care End?
Jenna and Mike were married for eight years – eight long years as Jenna described them to her pastor. She couldn’t do it anymore, she told Pastor Logan. She loved…
Are Christians Allowed to Grieve the Death of a Loved One?
“God must be disappointed with me.” Those words were spoken by Wilma, a member of the church where I was serving as interim pastor. Her husband had recently passed away…