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Athletics Rising: Major Gift Improves Bennett Center and Beyond
Thanks to generous gifts from the Kanas family and the alumni community, major enhancements to Athletics facilities improve the Gordon experience for student-athletes and beyond.
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Easter Devotional: High King of Heaven, My Victory Won
What drew the women back to the tomb through waves of heart-stopping terror? The psalms they probably sung as Jesus entered Jerusalem reflected their cultural memory of God’s unchanging truths.
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Good Friday Devotional: Our Great High Priest
Isaiah’s Messianic vision became incarnate through Jesus Christ—the Savior of all humankind who was fully human and yet without sin, and who in the midst of suffering was the exalted Redeemer.
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How Central Friendship Is to Preventing Burnout, Especially During a Crisis
Last Thursday, bestselling author Lisa-Jo Baker ’98 and international relief worker Sarah Petrin ’98 spoke to the Gordon community about their lives as humanitarians, authors and friends. Read the full recap.
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Palm Sunday Devotional: He is Good
Palm Sunday’s devotional asks, “Can we, must we, always praise God for his goodness?” It takes courage to look back on past tragedies and still be obedient in the present.
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Lenten Devotional: Body, Mind and Soul
The fifth Sunday of Lent examines God’s care for his creation and the promise of eternal life through him, foretold in the prophet Ezekiel’s revelation.
Introducing Gordon’s Online Yearbook
Remember The Hypernikon? The Gordon yearbook existed for 90 years of our history. Up until recently, most students left with one in hand—the stories of their time at Gordon bound together for posterity. Today, social media serves that… Read More
Playing the Numbers: Math Prof Karl-Dieter Crisman’s Search for “Intelligible Nerdiness”
Karl-Dieter Crisman, associate professor of mathematics, recently published a review article in Books and Culture. “If you’re a member of group that gets club oufits,” he writes, “it’s typical to personalize the shirts or jackets with a nickname… Read More
Great Expectations
“I approached the teaching from different angle, and I found that it resonated well with my students to encourage them and focus on their strengths instead of their weaknesses.” Hope Johnson ’13 enters a classroom, 4,676 miles from… Read More
On the Nature of the Atonement
Eleonore Stump, who is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, will speak at Gordon on Thursday, November 13, at 4 p.m. in the Ken Olsen Science Center (DEC Loggia and Chairman’s Room). The lecture,… Read More
Sojourning: Parables from a Life
Each year Gordon’s Global Education Office sponsors a photo contest for students in its many study-abroad programs. This year’s theme was “Sojourning: Parables from a Life.”