When I was in Italy last month for Calvin’s interim term, I took my students to one of my favorite places in Florence: San Marco,

I spent the past month with Calvin College students studying Dante’s Divine Comedy in Florence. Of course, whatever one is studying, no visit to Florence

I’m a sucker for end-of-the-year “best of” lists.  Not sure why—maybe it stems from a misspent youth listening to Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 countdown

I think I scandalized at least a few of my students recently when I admitted in class that I don’t really decorate for Christmas. And

Last week while I was visiting my sister and her family in Seattle, we attended a Thanksgiving service at University Presbyterian Church.  In a short

Thanksgiving is just about a week away, so I want to begin today by thanking Sarina Moore for subbing for me here over these last

One of my friends recently told me that when July 4th passes, she feels like summer is basically over.  I can completely relate, especially as

Several years ago–at the end of some heated meeting or other—a colleague told me that I reminded him of Pat Summitt.  He definitely did not

I once heard a speech by my friend, Katherine Paterson, the extraordinary children’s writer, in which she argued that “the consolation of the imagination is not imaginary