“You’re kidding me,” I said. My friend, a barista at Starbucks, had just told me the secret to the creation of a caramel macchiato. The only caramel thing about it is the caramel syrup we put in it,” she told me. “If you get a hot macchiato, you might as well... More »
One of Bethel’s longtime faculty members resigned this summer after the school released a new position statement on the origins of man. Dr. James Stump, who had served more than 16 years as a Bethel College faculty member and administrator, resigned of his own... More »
[The following is a column in the “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” series by Daniel Jones] It can be easy to lose sight of the meaning of Easter. If the Christian tradition behind Christmas is eclipsed by Santa, reindeer and a general onslaught of materialism, ... More »
(“Mine Eyes” is an ongoing blog-post column regarding how we as Christians relate to God.) As a kid, did your parents tell you to stand next to a doorpost each year so they could mark your height with a pen? Very few things are more exciting to children. It’s ... More »
I’d been in choir for three years in high school—every semester since sophomore year. And even though it in no way fits into my Communication degree, I made sure to put Concert Choir into my schedule for my freshman year at Bethel. It was something that I love... More »
Dishonored Release Date: Oct. 9, 2012 Consoles: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC Review by Andrew C. Cary I missed so much in my first playthrough of Dishonored. Created by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Studios, Dishonored is a first-person action-stea... More »
“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God, I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!” –Job 19: 25-27 Wh... More »
With two iphones and four girls crammed in a Pontiac Grand Prix, my roommates and I cavorted through the paved areas of Bethel, shouting at our driver to “Take a left!” or “Slow down!” What had started as an innocent trip to Sufficient Grounds had turned into ... More »
Growing up as a pastor’s son, I can remember sitting in a pew on countless Sunday mornings, listening to my dad preach. But out of all those sermons, out of every passage that came from the pulpit for the morning message, there was one sentence that commanded ... More »
Nothing taught me quite so much as working in a restaurant. Maybe it’s because you interact with people in a way that you don’t anywhere else. Maybe it’s because, in being a server, you see people at their best and worst. I have learned much from my years in t... More »
