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Called To Serve And Lead Well With Different Ethnicities
My desire to serve different ethnicities in affirming, supporting, and celebrating our identity, calling, and giftedness goes back to how my parents raised us to treat all people in our…
TUKO PAMOJA: WE ARE TOGETHER
We were in the church van on our way to the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) conference in Chicago. As we discussed the blessings and challenges of our church’s growing…
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…