Though no day looks alike, Lauren Taylor loves her job. Gathering with Hope College students at the Keppel House, the Chaplain of Discipleship smiles as she asks about campus happenings. The smell of brewing coffee from the nearby kitchen wafts into her cozy office and sunlight bounces off of the chalked doodles on her coffee…
As the semester begins to turn in for a long-awaited Christmas break, participants of The 95 Stories, a student run project dedicated to displaying experiences of homophobia and racism within the Hope College community, debuted their cause this past weekend with a music-silencing walked out of Christmas Vespers. At Sunday’s 2:00 p.m. service, Josh Chun…
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, the Hope College group Growing Respect, Authentic Community and Edu- cation on Sexuality, more commonly known as GRACES, held a panel to discuss how conservative Christians can talk about sexuality. The panelists included students Benjamin (Ben) Davi- son (’19) and Isabel Bustamante (’19); Rev. James Ellis III, Hope Chaplain of Discipleship;…
Sept. 28-30 brought color to the Holland Community as Hope Church hosted the 2017 National Room for All Conference. The conference is devoted to recognizing ways to create a more open and affirming environment in the Christian community for individuals that identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) community. The…
Hope College partners with the Saint Benedict Institute to present the lecture “‘Gold Out of Egypt’: Christian Art and International Influences,” by artist Daniel Mitsui, on Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. in the Fried Hemenway Auditorium of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication. The Apostles of Jesus were instructed to go teach all…
WWJD bracelets were a huge phenomena of the 2000’s. Every kid had them and would mock other kids in their decision making by jokingly using that four letter phrase. The one part of this little phrase that I think gets misunderstood or simply disregarded is the “D” at the end. What would Jesus do? Not…
I urge you to take off the mask. Approach this in the most objective way you can. If you cannot do this, you will waste your time reading further. I urge you to read fully and to read thoroughly. I urge you to question, wrestle and try to understand what I have to say. To…