The week before Winter Break has arrived, and everyone is anxious to finish up work, take tests, and BOOK IT OUT OF HOLLAND. Only because we all really just need a break. 5 weeks of spring semester is like 10 weeks of fall semester. It’s lengthy. To stay sane with repetitous homework, I’ve found myself …
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Weekly Overview from my new office: the Kletz
Well. This winter has been the weirdest Michigan winter I have ever experienced. We continue a strange cycle of getting dumped on, followed by three-seven days of 40-50 degree weather–melting all the snow. We are on our sixth or seventh day about now so I’m expecting a storm any day. Last weekend, I attended Hope’s …
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Living Prayer: GIVE THANKS
This semester in Chapel, the ministries staff has chosen the theme School of Prayer through Psalms to help address an often overlooked aspect of faith: simple prayer. The first couple of chapel services brought familiar messages like Prayer isn’t hard, it is unique, and prayer literally has no guidelines. On Monday, Paul Boersma spoke about …
Baking Bonanza!
Being at college is not always easy when you’re a girl. For example, girls are highly emotional and often get upset at silly things and fight over nothing. Other times, you just want to be alone, and oftentimes that’s hard considering you don’t always have your own personal “space” here. When you have the urge …
Springing into Spring 2012
We have officially had a full week of classes in the Spring 2012 semester and boy, I’m excited! With the new semester comes a breath of fresh air, a revision of goals, and clarity of the “big picture.” I’ll only have 6 more “new semesters” like this….well at least as an undergraduate. I’m famous for …
Butterbeer brings all the cheer!
As break has ended, I find myself constantly going back to the many things I did. Most of my family lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, so we made a little trip to Engadine, Mi, not far from the shores of Lake Michigan. While there, we were able to catch up with aunts, uncles, …
Amanda Porter: Medical…uh..Shadower
Christmas Break! You have to love it, especially with nearly a month off from Hope College. Although I love the busy rhythm of the semester, a month at home is pretty hard to grumble about. Amidst preparations for Christmas and buying presents to fill stockings, I utilized my time at home to do a few …
Super Study Breaks to Lighten the Load!
Whew! The semester is finally over! It was a hectic and demanding time, but overall it went very well. The past week and a half were filled with last minute studying, cramming, and of course…taking final exams. To say that everyone was stressed is a complete understatement. People were literally going crazy. I didn’t think …
Painted Masterpieces & SANTA!
At the beginning of the year, our cluster made a list of potential cluster bonding moments that we hoped we could fit into our busy schedules throughout the semester. One of these ideas was Paint a Pot! Found in many larger cities, these pottery shops allow you to pick out a piece of plain pottery …
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!!!!!
O M G. I love Christmas. Love it. I know that it’s getting to be my favorite time of the year when I see the first Macy’s Christmas commercial. AWE! My heart flutters at the thought of the ringing bells, the red Macy’s logo, the cute dramatic clips. I LOVE IT! Anways, all around Hope, …