Pastoring in a Secular Age: Confessions of a Recovering Deist
A sense of dissonance crept in unnoticed during my first few years as a pastor. It wasn’t that I didn’t feel called to this place or to this vocation. It wasn’t that anything had even happened or gone wrong. Things were actually going well. I felt loved and encouraged by my congregation, like I was trusted. But I just couldn’t shake the feeling that I was failing as their pastor…
Greg Lookerse Art Opening
The Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination is hosting an Art Opening with Professor Greg Lookerse on Thursday, October 10 from 4:30pm – 5:30pm in the Western Seminary Cook Library.
An Evening with Daniel Nayeri
On Tuesday evening, October 1, 2024, The Peterson Center is hosting award winning author Daniel Nayeri.
In the wood shop with Eric Peterson
I’ll start by saying that vocationally I identify as a village pastor, and I serve the church I founded twenty- six years ago. I very much like being rooted in a particular community over a long stretch of time, and it’s important to me that I know everyone’s name…
Lowland Hum
Lowland Hum is coming to perform in Holland, Michigan on Thursday night, April 18, 2024 in Dimnent Chapel / Hope College
An Evening of Music with The Porter’s Gate
On Tuesday, October 3 @ 7:30pm, join us for a beautiful night as we present “An Evening of Music with The Porter’s Gate” – featuring new songs inspired by The Message, along with other favorites.
An Evening with Sophfronia Scott
Sophfronia Scott will read from her new novel “Wild, Beautiful, Free” (the story of a twelve year old Jeannette sold into slavery as she discovers who she is and where she belongs) and her award-winning book, “The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton” Tuesday April 25 at 7pm – Graves Hall (Hope […]
Poor Bishop Hooper: The Golgotha Experience
Both hailing from small towns in central Kansas, Poor Bishop Hooper began writing, recording, and performing together after their marriage in 2013. What began as a duo, weaving together a patchwork of melodies atop an upright bass and a guitar, has since blossomed into numerous, multi-faceted expressions of music, art, and ministry. Though they still […]
An Evening with Leif Enger
Beloved novelist Leif Enger was with us on Tuesday April 26, 2022 for a reading and conversation. View the event here.
Longing for a Faithful Way
What if, rather than increasing effectiveness or building platform or maximizing efficiency, our churches and our neighborhoods really need friendship, humility, and wisdom?
