Peace | Finding Peace in 2020
I have always been a bit of a “word nerd”. Ever since I was a young child, I’ve loved learning about etymology, language, and expanding vocabulary. For someone like me, this time of year is wonderful for many reasons. Christmas is wonderful. Celebrating the new year is wonderful (perhaps a little extra wonderful this year,…
Faith, Learning, and Character: An Historical Exemplar
Dr. Charles Hodge (1797-1878), principal at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1851-1878, was one of the first evangelicals to go to battle against the naturalism inherent in Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species. Although the Civil War preoccupied American thinkers and commentators in the years immediately following the publishing of Darwin’s book in 1859, academic debate began…
The Habit of Service
Last week we started our service opportunities. This takes on the form of assisting the community by helping in areas such as after school programs, medical centers, working on farms, and so forth. As these will be weekly activities, they will become an intricate part to our lives. It’s interesting to think of the effect…