(Kelly Ocock) The Women’s Empowerment Organization (WEO) and others organized a peaceful demonstration on Friday in reaction to a sermon given by Rev. James Ellis on Oct. 30. That day’s sermon, entitled “Tricks are for Kids” was from Proverbs 30:31. The verse, read by Arika Tolbert (’20), was: “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;…
I am deeply disheartened. I grew up receiving all sorts of mixed messages from the Church, my peers and the whole world about who Jesus is and what He calls us to. Some people seemed to think it was about rules, about rights and wrongs. Some people seemed to think it was a race of…
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Martin Luther King Jr. Last Friday at 11:45 a.m., 500 students stood together in silence and held hands as symbol of unity. The leading days to that Friday were terrifying for students at Hope College. After the presidential election on Tuesday…