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• Then letting the Holy Spirit work • [1 MIN READ] The semester’s first Donuts and Discussion event (09’02’W) brought scores of students to accept our freebies and get to know the fellowship members as normal people, albeit ones who love Jesus. I hovered with one particular trio and learned a little about each member. … More The Gospel Means Acting II
• Then letting the Holy Spirit work • [1½ MIN READ] I wanted to hit the ground running, so I had been contacting students from last year’s ACF Athletes Bible Study and inviting them to meet me. Noah was our ministry partner and a University staff member last year in the Athletics Department. He … More The Gospel Means Acting I
• It’s not necessarily what many people might think • [2 MIN READ] Many people, including students, have flawed understandings of what constitutes authentic Christianity; by that I mean, who is a Christian or — if you will — an authentic follower of Jesus. In identifying one, it’s helpful to consider the angles of perspective … More That Which Makes a Person Be Christian
• Desiring faithfulness • [2 MIN READ] Background Being able to craft language for my own use has been a part of my life for virtually its entirety. Sometimes I can successfully turn a phrase in the moment. Other times I have to sit on a concept for longer. During that sitting period, I’m working … More A Catechism of Salvation
• And so I did. Right then. • [1½ MIN READ] Erdem was in a pinch. He needed a ride to New York City and Wife and I could provide one. A philosophy undergrad from Turkey fresh off of a work/travel opportunity in the US, he was thrilled to learn I’d been an academic librarian. … More I’m Going to Pray for You
In fall 2023, a group of us at Philadelphia Chinatown’s Chinese Christian Church & Center made a plan to read the Bible together in one year. As someone who had generated not a little notoriety for doing it regularly, I shared the following to help us get started: What We Believe Reading As … More Inaugurating This New Discipline
• As a topic on this website • [3 MIN READ] Underneath all of my writing is an angle on the topic at hand. Website-creation tools like WordPress make it possible to organize such content. These organizational tools have names like Categories and Tags. It’s up to me as the website creator to decide what … More A Composition of Faith
• Seriously? Not really. • [1 MIN READ] A recent event that I wrote about (“Hello?”) was just a little bit of me being me. Apparently at least one friend saw potential for me being even more of me: “Calvin, this might be a new ministry area for you: Wrong numbers.” “You mean, ‘Hi, is … More An Experimental Line of Work
• Living as an evangelical Christian • I told my physical therapist that I’d be out for a few weeks because I was going to Alaska. Hearing a bit of news like that always makes people think “cruise”; which would be fine if the team of us was actually going on a cruise. So I … More Yes, People Actually Do That
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