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<article class="media media--image display--large"> <div class="image-container"> <div class="field field-media-image"> <img loading="eager" width="430" height="323" alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/default_mobile/public/2025-02/crc-news-graphics_2025-2-5_christian-political-theology.jpg?itok=zQff0N1z" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field-image-credit">Redeemer University</div> </article> <br /> Dr. Jonathan Askonas spoke on Christian political theology while he was at Redeemer University to accept the Emerging Public Intellectual Award.

<article class="media media--image display--large"> <div class="image-container"> <div class="field field-media-image"> <img loading="eager" width="430" height="323" alt="Peter Sagal" class="lazyload" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/default_mobile/public/2025-02/crc-news-graphics_2025-2-5_peter-sagal.jpg?itok=7VycLpeK" /> </div> <div class="field field-image-caption">Peter Sagal</div> </div> <div class="field field-image-credit">calvin.edu</div> </article> <br /> At the January Series, Peter Sagal talked about the U.S. Constitution and its meaning for United States citizens today.

<article class="media media--image display--large"> <div class="image-container"> <div class="field field-media-image"> <img loading="eager" width="430" height="323" alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/default_mobile/public/2025-02/crc-news-graphics_2025-2-5_alastair-humphreys.jpg?itok=m7jd040a" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field-image-credit">January Series - Calvin University</div> </article> <br /> In his January Series presentation, Alastair Humphreys described some of his adventures large and small and encouraged his listeners to live adventurously.

<article class="media media--image display--large"> <div class="image-container"> <div class="field field-media-image"> <img loading="eager" width="430" height="323" alt="Reshma Saujani" class="lazyload" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/default_mobile/public/2025-02/crc-news-graphics_2025-2-5_%20reshma-saujani.jpg?itok=XcDfraLE" /> </div> <div class="field field-image-caption">Reshma Saujani</div> </div> <div class="field field-image-credit">calvin.edu</div> </article> <br /> Reshma Saujani told listeners at the January Series to dismantle the myth of having it all, and to lift the burden we place on women to be perfect.

<article class="media media--image display--large"> <div class="image-container"> <div class="field field-media-image"> <img loading="eager" width="430" height="323" alt="" class="lazyload" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/default_mobile/public/2025-02/crc-news-graphics_2025-2-5_michaela-o%E2%80%99donnell.jpg?itok=VU_5Wbba" /> </div> </div> <div class="field field-image-credit">January Series, Calvin University</div> </article> <br /> In her January Series presentation, Michaela O’Donnell discussed how to navigate life’s changes and transitions well.

<article class="media media--image display--large"> <div class="image-container"> <div class="field field-media-image"> <img loading="eager" width="430" height="323" alt="Hunter Woodhall" class="lazyload" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/default_mobile/public/2025-02/crc-news-graphics_2025-2-5_hunter-woodhall.jpg?itok=P4cqGrn4" /> </div> <div class="field field-image-caption">Hunter Woodhall</div> </div> <div class="field field-image-credit">calvin.edu</div> </article> <br /> Speaking at Calvin University’s January Series, paralympian Hunter Woodhall explained that setbacks and failures provide opportunities to grow.

The story of Mustafa Albayati and his wife Randa is one of resilience, love and the transformative power of community. From their chance meeting in Iraq to building a life together in the United States, their journey has been marked by challenges, triumphs and unwavering hope. Here’s their inspiring story, told in Mustafa and Randa’s words.   “I first met ... Read More

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay has described the proposal of US President Trump as “tantamount to proposing full-scale ethnic cleansing and neo-colonization of the homeland of the 2 million Palestinians of Gaza.”

I have started this blog over and over again, trying to put words to the ache in my chest, trying to weave together hope and righteous anger into something coherent, something that won’t unravel the moment I hit “post.” In the last two days, many of my compassionate, justice-seeking colleagues have received furlough notices. To say the last two days ... Read More

The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed Prof. Dr Karen Nazaryan, executive director of the Armenia Roundtable Foundation, to the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva for a series of strategic meetings aimed at strengthening cooperation in ecumenical diakonia and social development.