Two Weeks
It’s been two weeks now since the massacre at Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E. church. Two weeks of learning just how apt the name Emanuel is for
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It’s been two weeks now since the massacre at Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E. church. Two weeks of learning just how apt the name Emanuel is for
The women’s soccer World Cup and Elisabeth Elliot’s death on Monday. Two things that don’t really seem to go together. Except if you’re a child

Jennifer Holberg is away today, but we are delighted to feature a contribution from Gabe Gunnink, who writes at our sister blog, the Post-Calvin. Gabe
It’s exam week here at Calvin College, and I’ve spent the day reading the final exams from my “Literature in a Global Context” course—a sophomore-level
I’ve been enjoying this week’s big music release: the new Mumford and Sons album, Wilder Mind, with its more electric direction–what I’d label “thrash folk.” But what’s been
I’m writing this on Tuesday, April 21—Charlotte Brontë’s birthday. Next year is her bicentennial, but we might as well celebrate 199, too. These days Jane
Possibly the best birthday present I’ve ever received was a room. (I share a birthday with Virginia Woolf, so perhaps it’s not surprising that it

I wanted to take a moment before the blog proper today to direct your attention to this month’s issue of our host publication, Perspectives, and its
Maybe it’s this long winter intersecting with Lent. Maybe it’s just the personal season I’m in. Or maybe it’s the combination of bitter cold and lingering