On a free day during my trip to Paris last month, I took the train to Chartres to visit its cathedral. I’d heard about it,

As I listen to presidential politics, analyses of our economy, and responses to the recent attacks on US embassies (and the death of an ambassador

Today’s guest blogger is Dr. Mary Hulst, Calvin College’s Chaplain. Mary spent eight years serving as the senior pastor at Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church

Lynn Japinga is substituting for Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell while he is on sabbatical.  She teaches religion at Hope College and studies recent RCA history. Eleven years

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the cause of good rhetoric: two national conventions with a wearying parade of over-fluffed speeches, the ensuing

 The neighbors have that iconic Harvey Dunn (“The Prairie is My Garden”)  up on their living room wall, bold and beautiful. Somehow, I’d almost forgotten

I’m wired to care about politics. Growing up, my parents taught us how to talk about religion and politics. My parents modeled how to thoughtfully