Posted on April 5, 2020
Reflections for Holy Week: Worthy of Worship
Holy Week | Day 01. The 2020 installment of “Reflections for Holy Week”—daily devotionals written by Gordon College students—was published in the spring issue of STILLPOINT magazine: “Generation Gordon.”
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Posted on April 3, 2020
25 Questions to Ask When You Need a Break from COVID-19 Conversations
Under stress, it’s hard to find the energy to ask good questions. Here are 25 questions to help you add some depth and flavor to your family and roommate discussions during this season of COVID-19.
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Posted on April 1, 2020
The Hopeful Possibility in Sudden Goodbyes
Gordon in Orvieto Resident Assistant Emily Friesen shares about the 10 days she had with the spring semester cohort before the global COVID-19 pandemic altered their plans.
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Posted on March 31, 2020
How to do Solitude Well
As many of us try to navigate our new housebound “normal,” Joel Cox ’16 shares what we can learn from the habits of Jesus and from La Vida's "solo" experiences.
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Posted on March 30, 2020
“Overflow with Hope” Devotional | March 30
"As we all process the state of the world, may we too do it in the context of faith, trust and hope in God. We can grieve the losses caused by this pandemic and we can struggle to rebuild a routine and find a new normal, but let’s do this still saying, '[the LORD] is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust' (Psalm 91:2)."
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Posted on March 27, 2020
When Anxiety, Fear and Despair Surround Us, Practice Remembering
Right now, we are God’s people whose despair can find glimpses of hope when our imaginations break out into trust-filled declarations that God will be faithful even when we don’t yet know what that looks like.
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Posted on March 23, 2020
"Overflow with Hope" Devotional | March 23
Here is what we cling to: In the midst of it all, God is present. God still goes before us. When we look at a map of the world, every single place is known by God and present to God. God is present.
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Posted on March 20, 2020
From On Campus to Online: 7 Pro Tips for College Students Making the Switch
As Gordon’s week of “pause” comes to an end today and classes resume online next week, here are some tips for how you can make the transition to online learning from wherever you may be.
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Posted on March 10, 2020
The Most Desirable Majors, According to Future Employers
After 172 employers identified the majors they hire the most, NACE put together a list of the most desirable college majors. Of the top 10, five of them fall under the umbrella of business, and finance and accounting are the most desirable of the set.
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Posted on March 4, 2020
How a 20th-Century African American Composer is Shaping Classical Music Today
Florence Price was told she had no place in classical music as an African American woman. But against the many odds present in her day and field, the musical pioneer created a space for herself.
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Posted on March 3, 2020
A Night at the Museum (of Science): The Adventure of Career Discovery
Last Thursday evening, it wasn’t dinosaur skeletons and ancient pharaohs filling a wing of the Museum (of Science) with chatter; it was the burgeoning relationships between Gordon students and industry professionals.
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Posted on February 27, 2020
In Tune With Others: How Singing Together Can Help Us Navigate Hard Conversations
Eighty-one years ago, you could walk into a tiny basement club in Greenwich Village (a.k.a. “The Wrong Place for the Right People”) and hear 23-year-old Billie Holiday end her set with a song called “Strange Fruit.”
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