the post calvin

An Entrance to the Words

by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Apr 25, 2022 | Placeless

My mind has been absorbed with the things of the screen, always in the presence of, well, what feels like everything.

A Theology of Doomscrolling

by Joshua Polanski | Apr 24, 2022 | Placeless

Twitter is a cruel place where blatant vengeance rather than restoration is the norm for public sins.

Day 345: April 23, 2022

by Mitchell Barbee | Apr 23, 2022 | Grand Rapids

The fun thing about being forgetful is that it’s hard to quantify just how much more you remember.

Decisions, Decisions

by Kayleigh Fongers | Apr 22, 2022 | Placeless

The idea of making the wrong choice is pretty much unbearable.

Freedom, Maximalism, and Chopped Apples

by Emily Joy Stroble | Apr 21, 2022 | Placeless

I’m in that stage of life where you pack up constantly, and you keep your friends close and your friends with pick-up trucks closer.

Alongside Mary Gates

by Chad Westra | Apr 20, 2022 | Washington

Have you ever seen the air before?

As Two As They Come

by Lillie Spackman | Apr 19, 2022 | Placeless

I found the Enneagram about five years ago now, and I know this is going to sound dramatic, but hear me out: it changed my life.

Sakura

by Ben DeVries | Apr 18, 2022 | Placeless

It’s the quiet sense of time slowed down, of time doubled back on itself, that I enjoy about this morning walk

Still Risen

by Laura Sheppard Song | Apr 17, 2022 | Placeless

Some Easters I’ve wept with emotion at the swell of “In Christ Alone” and the miracle of Christ’s sacrifice; some I’ve sat stone-faced, wondering whether any of it matters.

Holy Saturday

by Katie Van Zanen | Apr 16, 2022 | Placeless

I thought, as I often do these days, about how deeply weird the whole thing is.

In Defense of Cinderella

by Courtney Zonnefeld | Apr 15, 2022 | Placeless

Some people might dismiss those films as guilty pleasures, the Little Debbie cupcakes of my media diet—simple, sweet, and absolutely atrocious for my health.

A Church in War

by Juliana Knot | Apr 13, 2022 | Ukraine

A week before the Russian invasion, Holy Trinity formed a crisis committee and began looking at questions of housing, transportation and food.

Palm Sunday, 8:40 am Service

by Klaas Walhout | Apr 12, 2022 | Placeless

As for the people in the crowd who shouted “Hosanna” only to have their hopes dashed? Maybe they were confused. And maybe their confusion turned into disappointment, and their disappointment into anger.

Spring Cleaning But Make It Bookmarks

by Lauren Cole | Apr 11, 2022 | Placeless

Maybe I’ve had this tab open for three years? Who knows.

The Queer Alumnus Dilemma

by Philip Rienstra | Apr 10, 2022 | Grand Rapids

Calvin’s attitude of dismissal and thinly-veiled condemnation towards LGBTQ+ people doesn’t turn queer students into straight students, or even into more faithful queer students.