My name is Fikre H. Norcha and I am an Ethiopian. I grew up in South West Ethiopia in a strict Coptic Orthodox family. My father was a part-time Coptic Orthodox Church priest and influenced the family in Orthodox beliefs. Consequently, I grew up in the Orthodox tradition and my … ∞
You may or may not realize that Student Senate elections have been postponed. You may or may not know that they have been postponed because of a lack of nominations for the senate positions. Due to the lack of nominations, half of the regularly held senate elections (2nd and 3rd … ∞
I need first to state the obvious: social media is a tool. Social media is a tool that is often used poorly, and social media is a tool that lends itself to misuse by nature of its ease of access. Social media has not necessarily made people more self-involved, more … ∞
If you heard peals of laughter coming from the upstairs classrooms on the Friday before Reading Week, it was probably the international discussion group. The group is hosted by Student Senate’s Hospitality Committee. While we laughed many times, perhaps we all laughed the hardest when one international student asked, “Am … ∞
If you weren’t able to make it to Dies Natalis (The Seminary’s Birthday Party) here is what you missed: Grant Hofman instructing the group in Seminary calisthenics: stand, sit, pick up your textbook, page through, put it down, the end. A wonderful breakfast of eggs, bacon, waffles, fruit, and more … ∞
What brought me to Calvin Seminary? Honestly, in a name, God. I remember one day in November, walking on the Calvin College path between the library and the Commons Annex, and looking out onto the sugar maple tree that sits off to the southwest side of the Commons field, when … ∞
I was asked to write a piece for Kerux about my previous career and how it shaped me for seminary. Well, that is not a simple question. First of all, I have had a couple of careers, the first one was a nurse and the second and last career I … ∞
The date is April 3, 1968. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, having arrived only a few hours earlier in the city of Memphis, hoped to retire to his hotel room for the evening. He is weary. At just 39 years of life, he carries the weight of a nation … ∞
I was born in China. In my hometown, although people don’t really know who God is, they still see their lives as precious gifts. They have a deep appreciation for the world we live in and live their lives seriously and responsibly. They are kind, hardworking, brave and have few … ∞
As I attended this year’s Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) conference held here at Calvin March 5th through the 7th, I could not believe what I was hearing. Michigan has over 700 collateral consequences for incarceration. Simply put, collateral consequences are sanctions and disqualification that are placed on offender as … ∞
What brought you to Calvin Sem? God brought me here both times. I completed my MDiv at CTS and was eager to return as faculty when the opportunity arose. I am thankful to be a part of Reformed theological education grounded in Scripture for the sake of the world. Where … ∞
We the editors want to hear from you, yes you, not someone else, you! Kerux hope and plans on being a place where your ideas, opinions, and questions can be discussed and considered. However, in order to do that, we need your input. Please write a response to an article, … ∞
Ricardo Tavarez’s piece “Red, White, and Blue,” previously shared at a Town Hall last semester, which reflects on his personal experience with racial profiling as it relates to race in this country. http://yalt.crcna.org/red-white-and-blue/ Calvin Theological Seminary was recently added to the 2015 list of Seminaries that Change the World. Kyle … ∞
Dear fellow members of the Calvin Theological Seminary community, Kerux is here to help you converse with your community. We want to hear and publish your stories, thoughts, experiences, testimonies, and book reviews. We will be finalizing our next edition next week so if you want to submit an article, … ∞
When we as an editing team first discussed our sense of a timely and meaningful theme for the January edition of the Kerux, diversity was a topic we kept returning to. We had some initial misgivings about the theme because of the ambiguous and misleading way in which the word … ∞
