When she stood in a Michigan courtroom last year to make the last of 156 victim impact statements in the sentencing hearing for her abuser, Rachael Denhollander spoke with eloquent conviction and theological wisdom about forgiveness and justice—two terms she says are often misused and misunderstood, sometimes in ways that compound the trauma of the survivors of abuse.

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#17 – Rachael Denhollander on Understanding Forgiveness and Justice

Nicholas Kristof has spent a career in journalism telling stories from places that few of his readers have ever been, and few would otherwise notice. The longtime New York Times columnist was among the first and most persistent voices to call the world's attention to genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan in the mid-2000s, and has been a prominent voice in highlighting the global plague of human trafficking. Kristof spoke at the January Series of Calvin College.

#16 – Nicholas Kristof on Covering the World for the New York Times

Mary Andringa's pioneering career in business has been built on a foundation of faith, family, and community. In this conversation she reflects on the legacy of her father Gary as she captures it in her recent book Remembering Dad, and shares lessons on women in leadership, faith and work, and gathering generational wisdom.

#15 – Mary Vermeer Andringa on Faith, Family, and Leadership

Frederick Douglass escaped slavery to become one of the most important authors of the 19th […]

#14 – Danjuma Gibson on Frederick Douglass, Oppression, and Hope

Catherine Gonzalez has spent a lifetime answering God’s call to break down barriers to female […]

#13 – Catherine Gonzalez on Breaking Down Barriers to Women in Ministry and Theological Education

Why do some North American Christians choose fear over hospitality? What would radical hospitality as Christian discipleship look like in interfaith conversations? Matthew Kaemingk explores these questions in his new book Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear. He spoke at the Loving Your Neighbor conference at Calvin Seminary this summer, and sat down with Cory Willson to talk about this timely topic. 

#12 – Matthew Kaemingk on Interfaith Hospitality in an Age of Fear

Countries around the world are wrestling with the issue of immigration. Churches are too. What does it mean to answer Jesus’ call to love your neighbor when it comes to immigrants and refugees? The Loving Your Neighbor Conference at Calvin Seminary this summer brought together church and ministry leaders to explore these questions.

#11 – Paul Lim on Loving Your Immigrant and Refugee Neighbor

What do smartphones have to do with our spiritual health? Calvin Seminary recently held a Smartphone Retreat to discern as a community the ways we use our smartphones and the effects they have on us. We found that for many of us, our smartphone use shows signs of addictive patterns, and that for all of us, we can reflect on what we do with our moments, minutes, and "downtime" throughout the day, and the implications this has for our spiritual lives and our life together in community. 

#10 – Jeff Sajdak and Aaron Einfeld on Smartphones and Spiritual Health

How can the Church speak into a time of bitter political divisions? How can the […]

#9 – Matt Tuininga on John Calvin, the Church, and Politics

Millions of people who suffer from dementia, and their loved ones and caregivers, face slow and agonizing decline. How can we show love to these neighbors? How can we view life and death in a way that challenges North American culture? Mary VandenBerg addressed these questions at the Loving Your Neighbor conference in 2016.

#8 – Mary VandenBerg on Loving Your Neighbor with Dementia

Danjuma Gibson recently took a class from Calvin Seminary to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to wrestle with questions about theology, suffering, and oppression. He reflects on the impact of those visits on participants. 

#7 – Danjuma Gibson on Pastoral Theology at the Margins

Tracing the paths of biblical history in the Holy Land gives new dimensions to our reading of Scripture. But today, Israel and Palestine lie at the center of intense conflict. Gary Burge has spent a career studying and traveling to the Holy Land. He talks about navigating its paths and guiding students on their own experiences there.

#6 – Gary Burge on Navigating the Paths of the Holy Land

Justo González is one of the world’s leading theologians, and a prominent voice in calling the […]

#5 – Justo González and Mariano Avila on the Future of Latino Theological Education

What is the legacy of the Protestant Reformation, five centuries after it began? What signs […]

#4 – Karin Maag on the Legacy of the Reformation

In her new book A Little Handbook for Preachers: Ten Practical Ways to a Better Sermon […]

#3 – Mary Hulst on Practical Wisdom for Preaching

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