Spring 2006 • Volume 02• Issue 03
Arts & Literature
Old-Style Writing
Gary Schmidt, Professor of English
Christian School Teacher
Repentance in the Countess of Pembroke's Psalms of David
Chad Engbers, Professor of English
Minds in the Making
Wilderness Exile: Last Year at the Movies
Roy Anker, Professor of English
Perspectives
The Embarrassing Orthodoxy of Oscar Wilde
Michael Buma, Calvin College Class of 2001
The Victorian Newsletter
The Nature of Redemption: The Life and Art of Henry Roth
Abram Van Engen, Calvin College Class of 2003
Books & Culture
Nation & World
Road Rage on the Way to Heaven: Religious Resurgence and Rising Conflict
Gary Bouma, Calvin College Alumnus
Minds in the Making
How I Started My Own Import Business
of Third World Artisan Goods
Jennie Nichols, Calvin College Class of 2001
Minds in the Making
Science & Technology
Earth Day, Every Day
Randy Van Dragt, Professor of Biology
The Banner
Religion & Philosophy
The Last Thirty Years: What We've Learned About Worship
Nathan Bierma, Minds editor
Reformed Worship
Let the Children Come
Joan and Steve Huyser-Honig, Calvin College Alumni
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship online
How Not to Bless the Nations
David I. Smith, Director of the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning at Calvin College
Perspectives
The Resurrection of the Body
Ronald Feenstra, Professor of Systematic and Philosophical Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary
The Banner
The Incarnation Continues: Recovering the Importance of the Ascension
Laura Smit, Dean of the Chapel at Calvin College
Reformed Worship
History
So, You Wanna Be a Soldier? American Indian Warrior Tradition in the U.S. Military
Kimberly Huyser, Calvin College Class of 2003
Minds in the Making
The Missionary and the Moorslayer: The History of the Legend of Saint James in Spain
Kate van Liere, Professor of History
Minds in the Making
Religious Song and Late Medieval Women in the Low Countries and Germany
Hermina Joldersma, Calvin College Alumna
Minds in the Making
Education
Connecting the Mind, Heart and Hands through Intentional Community at Calvin College
Mark Mulder, Jeff Bouman, Joy Van Marion, and Don DeGraaf, Calvin College
Journal of College and Character
Intellectual Racism and the Challenge of Multicultural Education
Barbara Omolade, Calvin College Dean of Multicultural Affairs
Minds in the Making
Academics of Picking a College Are Not Elementary
Tom McWhertor, Calvin College Vice President for Enrollment & External Relations
The Grand Rapids Press
Lifestyle
Are We Just Our Stories?
Nathan Bierma, Minds editor
Perspectives
Seeing in the Dark
David Diephouse, Professor of History
Perspectives
Columns
Editor's Preface
Nathan Bierma
On Worldview: Taking Derrida to Church
James K.A. Smith
On Culture: A Concert Hall Reclaimed
Kate Bowman Johnston
On Teaching: Biblical Teaching
David I. Smith
On Worship: Hallmark Holidays
John Witvliet
On Preaching; Remembering Our Story
Scott Hoezee
On Language: Calvin professor's bid to get word in OED
Nathan Bierma
On Books:
Taking T.U.L.I.P. Out of the Ghetto
Nathan Bierma
Brief reviews
Judaean cases before Roman emperors
Post-traumatic stress and self-disclosure
Dialect variation in Northern Italy
Book Excerpts
Loves Me, Loves Me Not: The Ethics of Unrequited Love
by Laura Smit
Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition
Co-edited by James K.A. Smith
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship: Vital Worship Feature Stories
Feature stories ... for inspiration, learning, and group discussion
08/22/2008
Community Worship at Mustard Seed School
How can your Christian school design school chapel services that connect with real life? Mustard Seed School in Hoboken, New Jersey, has a model worth following, which they call community worship.
07/21/2008
Trinitarian Worship: This doctrine makes a difference
What makes worship "work"? Is it the music, the preaching, your mental effort to connect with God? Gordon T. Smith and Philip W. Butin are among a growing group of scholars who say that consistently and explicitly naming and invoking the Trinity in worship inspires renewal.
06/20/2008
Bringing Our Pain to God: biblical lament in worship
More and more churches agree, theoretically, that there's room for lament in worship. But what does biblical lament look or sound like in real congregations? Here's what Michael Card and Calvin Seerveld say about bringing our pain to God.