Autism and the Christian Community: Why Awareness Isn’t Enough
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In honor of Autism Acceptance Month, Ling Austin ’22 reflects on why autism awareness is not as powerful or as needed as autism acceptance.
If Ever I Loved Thee, My Jesus, ‘Tis Now
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As followers of Christ around the world sing hymns to honor his death and resurrection this Holy Week, Gordon alumna and staff member Jessica Vandervort ’20 offers a personal reflection on one particular hymn that is near and dear to many in the Gordon community.
Immersive Expressions of Holy Week
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Three Gordon artists contributed works to a performance of Handel’s Messiah, each representing one of the soprano arias.
For Modern Democracies to Survive, We Must Rally Behind Universal Human Dignity
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Anthropologist Dr. Robert Hefner believes that Christians and Muslims will to be central in protecting modern democracies from culture wars—if they can guide societies toward a shared belief in universal human dignity.
Crime Scenes, Raisin Bread and the Universe
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For the 2022 Herrmann Lecture Series, astrophysicist and biblical scholar Dr. Perry Phillips looked back in time at the Big Bang through a lens of Christian faith.