by CTS_Admin | May 12, 2021 | 2020-2021, Biblical Studies, Culture, Spring 2021, Volume#10
“At Gordon College, we are committed to shalom—a right ordering of relationships and actions resulting in the affirmation of human dignity and the flourishing of community” (Gordon College). These are the famous opening words to Gordon College’s “Shalom Statement”....
by CTS_Admin | May 11, 2021 | 2020-2021, Biblical Studies, Culture, Psychology, Spring 2021, Volume#10
In the past year, there has been much discussion involving the effects of people spending much time alone. While the benefits of socializing are well known and have been thoroughly researched, no one has been able to predict the lasting effects of the pandemic on...
by CTS_Admin | May 10, 2021 | 2020-2021, Culture, Education, Psychology, Spring 2021, Volume#10
The word “quiet” feels like a comfort and a curse for many shy and introverted children. Quiet can mean peace, a feeling of belonging and natural being; it can also feel like a weapon, used against them by others, a distinctly negative thing. This was my experience as...
by CTS_Admin | May 7, 2021 | 2020-2021, Culture, International, Political Science, Spring 2021, Volume#10
When one hears the word ‘power,’ pictures of weapons, tanks, and declarations of war may come to mind. Throughout history, warfare has been the most straightforward (and destructive) way for a nation to get its own way. Conversely, the ways in which nations exercise...
by CTS_Admin | May 6, 2021 | 2020-2021, Biblical Studies, Culture, Spring 2021, Volume#10
“Be Still and Know that I am God,” Psalm 46:10. In the Christian community, this verse seems to permeate throughout all dominations and religious circles. Over the years, however, it seems to have lost much of its intended effect, and is now seen to many as only a...
by CTS_Admin | Apr 21, 2021 | 2020-2021, Biology, Culture, Psychology, Spring 2021, Volume#10
I remember the first time I saw and recognized psychological elder abuse. I was sixteen and I had just become a nursing home volunteer. I was sitting at a table with a group of elderly women when an agitated male resident across the...
