Why Calvin Is Pursuing More International Students - Christianity Today One in five at the Michigan school now come from outside the US, but Trump’s plans could threaten that growth strategy.

Nice feature by CT. Love the spotlight on our international students and on the fantastic teams that recruit, welcome, and support them during their time at Calvin University.

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“Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves and Lit. Pulp and Provender. Lark laughed off the idea. She said all of it was bread.”
Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

It’s been a few days, but picking
up where I left off…

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8
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A couple Christmas meditations from Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

O Holy Night (Arr. John Rutter) [Bonus Track] by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde, Britten Sinfonia & Matthew Supramaniam on Apple Music Song · 2023 · Duration 6:01

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Pilgrim at Plaster Creek - Christianity Today Christ comes to make all things new—even West Michigan’s most polluted watershed.

I know it's a month old, but this was one of my favorite @christianitytoday.com pieces of 2024. A beautiful reflection on creation care with a real groundedness in the West Michigan context, featuring the work of Calvin University's Plaster Creek Stewards. www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/pilg...

Bonhoeffer’s Advent reflections on Luke 21:28

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7
💙📚
#booksky
#books

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6
💙📚
#booksky
#books

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5
💙📚
#booksky
#books

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4
💙📚
#booksky
#books

Gumbo for the students coming over after church tomorrow. I’ve made it once before, and it wasn’t quite right. This time around, I think I got it right.

"Concentration on reformation without revival leads to skins without wine; concentration on revival without reformation soon loses the wine for want of skins." Richard Lovelace, Dynamics of Spiritual Life: An Evangelical Theology of Renewal

Isaiah 40:21-31

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3
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#booksky
#books

Gettysburg O Pride of the days in prime of the months

Gettysburg by Herman Melville - Poems | Academy of American Poets

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Just finished teaching my last class of the semester. 🙌🏼 We spent time with one of my very favorite bits of Luther.

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2
💙📚
#booksky
#books

A powerful Advent meditation this morning.

Spirtual by Charlie Haden on Apple Music Song · 1995 · Duration 4:19

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Alright, I’m inspired by @weshill.bsky.social and others to join this 20 books/20 days fun. Here we go.

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
💙📚
#booksky
#books

From a friend’s list of favorite books read in 2024. It wasn’t what I set out to do, but maybe the highest compliment I could ever receive for this book is that it makes a reader want to read other books.

How Netflix Took on the Magic of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ The first-ever screen adaptation will be released this week — a feat even the author didn’t think possible. We traveled to the set in Colombia to see how it was done.

I don't watch much TV, but I'll make time for this.

How Netflix Made Magic Look Real in ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Colossians 2:2–3 NIV - My goal is that they may… | Biblia My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order...

"My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." ref.ly/Col2.2-3;niv...

A couple reflections on Advent waiting, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.