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Why is Theology Important in Ministry?
No full textStudying theology in seminary has not only enriched my personal faith, but also has given me a foundation to share my faith with others, make wise decisions, and set a godly example for others
Media quiteracy: Why digital disconnection belongs in the media literacy curriculum
No full textIn this essay, we introduce media quiteracy, which we use to conceptualize and describe the valuable learning that can happen through the refusal to take up new media or the act of pausing or ceasing its use. We see media quiteracy as an active and generative approach to learning and argue for its inclusion in the media literacy curriculum. We trace the history of critical engagement with technologies within education and then articulate what media quiteracy can look like in practice. We surface and discuss three potential obstacles to teaching media quiteracy, which include the ways in which it problematizes assumptions around participation, progress, and efforts to limit tech use. Ultimately, we argue that media quiteracy can be an act of not only individual learning but of collective action and social transformation in a heavily mediatized, commercialized, and digitized information environment
Chimes: October 6, 2025
No full textInvading Hope: Embodying the Calvin community through tradition by Zach Kern & Hendrik Beelen
Calvin professors join lawsuit against Anthropic AI by Jorie Cho
Think deeply and engage : New artwork on second Hiemenga by McKenna Wilkinson
Calvin acrobatics and tumbling rebuilds after coaching change by Evangeline Anga
Calvin\u27s orchestra begins next chapter under new leadership by Ellery Johnson
Commitment, gratitude and celebration: Synod 2025 by Joe Toly
In the round : How Calvin University\u27s chapel was built to shape worship by Ella Vanden Berghttps://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/chimes/1417/thumbnail.jp
Rutger Bregman’s Vision: Moral Ambition Without Imagination
No full textThis review critiques Rutger Bregman’s top-down blueprint—higher taxes, new laws, and big-ticket nonprofits—as a centralized moralism that sidelines the institutions that actually nurture prosperity and dignity: family, church, enterprise, and local associations. I contrast Bregman’s Robin-Hood rhetoric (and his School for Moral Ambition) with a subsidiarity-driven vision rooted in Tocqueville, Kuyper, and Nisbet, and with Michael Pakaluk’s call for vocation within business. Drawing on research by Owen Zidar (the “stealthy wealthy”) and The Millionaire Next Door, I argue Bregman caricatures the rich and misunderstands how wealth is created.I also question his nonprofit model: celebrating outputs (money raised, nets distributed) over outcomes, noting malaria’s decline requires enterprise, technology, and local trust, not stunt fundraising alone. The piece closes by proposing moral imagination—formed by stories, practices, and civil society—as a more durable path than policy maximalism, offering a bottom-up antidote to Bregman’s urgent, centralized campaign
Making a “Judicial Examination”: Credibility and Rationality in Clelia Duel Mosher’s Speech “The Relation of Health to the Woman Movement”
Full text linkAt the turn of the 20th century, academics and laymen alike used scientific inquiry into the “biological realities of the male and female body to explain women\u27s lesser position in society. The scientific field was dominated by men who produced knowledge which seemed to 2 cement female inferiority. Thus, the woman movement of the time, working to improve women\u27s social condition, encountered not only political and economic roadblocks to their efforts, but also an institutional barrier based on presumed fact. The women movement both violated social knowledge and the institution of science itself
TARIFF EXPLAINER | Local professor breaks down Congress\u27 power over tariffs
No full textCalvin University Professor Doug Koopman explains what Congress could do to step in, and the potential long-term impacts of the tariffs
Old College Chapel Holland Mich
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