Print this issueKerux interview: Jon Meacham
Newsweek editor, historian, and author of American Gospel
Jon Meacham is the editor of Newsweek magazine, author of the recent book American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, and is a frequent commentator on both politics and the role of faith in American life.
Meacham spoke at the January Series in the Fine Arts Center of Calvin College on Tuesday, January 16, and met with Kerux Editor in Chief Christian Bell before his speech to discuss online media, presidential rhetoric, and religion in journalism.
The oral comprehensive exams: reflections of a senior
On Wednesday, January 3, I took the oral comprehensive exam that every CTS student is required to pass before graduation. I sustained the exam, though I hope the powers that be do not reconsider this in the light of what is to come. Keep in mind that we were told throughout the entire preparatory time that the exam was just a ‘conversation’ – a time to figure out if we had what it takes to answer questions in the pastorate.
Where’s my mug?
A poem by Sherilyn Vandervalk
CRWM summer program a life-changing experience
In the middle of the city of Guadalajara, there is a cathedral that towers over the markets below. Down the block stands a governmental building dedicated to the revolutionaries who gave their lives fighting for the independence of Mexico. The market is full of grandmothers and businessmen and tourists, all trying to find what they need in the middle of the hustle and bustle of a still slightly European metropolis. But on Wednesday nights, something unique takes place.
A true question
A poem by Joyce Ten Have
Editorial: Are we serious about ‘Unity and Diversity’?
This editorial begins a multi-part evaluation of some current issues at CTS. The aim to offer a critical consideration of topics that are being discussed by students and faculty at the seminary this year. Perhaps because we’re standing between Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month, or perhaps because it’s a perennial topic of interest, the matter of ‘diversity’ is on the cover of two CTS-related publications this month.