*Please note that because this is my last column, I am using the oxford comma, dangit. I can break AP rules this one time. This past week I’ve been working really hard to mentally prepare myself for the end of the semester. I have had some really amazing things happen in the last few days,…
When I came to Hope College as a freshman, the topic of the Critical Issues Symposium (CIS) was reconciliation. The summer prior, my mom caught wind of CIS and purchased a copy of the book for the symposium, “Reconciling All Things,” for everyone in our family. Sitting in sessions for CIS that year was my…
Growing up, and still today, people often comment on my name, noting it as beautiful and what not. For a long time, I didn’t fully appreciate having a name packed with meaning and depth. As a fourth or fifth grader, I was challenged to think about the importance of a name when reading Joan…