Calvin Center for Faith & Writing

Next spring's Festival of Faith & Writing will once again include Festival Circles, small groups that meet two times during the Festival to discuss a topic of common interest. Interested in leading one? Learn more here: forms.gle/jKJm2PXhVfGNpZ…

In RR Episode 67, Virginia Stem Owens muses on the difficulties, disappointments, and goodness of real communities. You can join her on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or on our website here: ccfw.calvin.edu/podcast/a-loca….

@tracesoffaith Happy to echo Mr. Chandler! FFW 2024 is set for April 11-13, 2024 — plus a workshop day on 4/10. 🥳 (You can also join our email list here, if you wish 😉: #mc-embedded-subscribe-form" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ccfw.calvin.edu/#mc-embedded-s….)

Just wondering @CCFWgr if there are any plans for a Festival of Faith and Writing in 2024?

What a weekend! Thank you, Garnette Cadogan, for your insights on architecture, community, and public memory. Huge thanks, too, to @graamagr for hosting the final event! And to all who joined us in this rich cultural space. See you next time 👋

Loved hearing Garnette Cadogan speak “In Praise of Play!” He’ll join us AGAIN TOMORROW at 4PM for “The City as Conjuration” — and SATURDAY at 7PM for “On Memorial and Memory” at @graamagr. Full details here: ccfw.calvin.edu/initiatives/ga….

Join us at the Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives (@graamagr) for our grand finale with writer and cultural critic Garnette Cadogan on April 1 at 7pm! Details here: ccfw.calvin.edu/initiatives/ga….

Kick off your weekend with Garnette Cadogan! An essayist and scholar of Urban Studies at MIT, Dr. Cadogan will speak on “The City as Conjuration.” Join us on Friday, 3/31 at 4PM for this free event! More details here: ccfw.calvin.edu/initiatives/ga…

Terrific evening lecture, “In Praise of Play,” by Garnette Cadogan. Thanks to @_janezwart_ , @JenniferHolberg, and others at the @CCFWgr for hosting Garnette in the Spring Writers Series at @Calvin_Uni.

Join us on Monday for an evening with Garnette Cadogan! Named by Freeman’s as “the future of writing,” Dr. Cadogan will speak “In Praise of Play.” We’re eager to welcome him — and you! Details here: ccfw.calvin.edu/initiatives/ga….

Beyond excited to welcome Garnette Cadogan to the CCFW three times this spring! Dr. Cadogan is an essayist and scholar of urban studies at MIT. He’ll join us for three (free!) events on 3/27, 3/31, and 4/1. Full details here: ccfw.calvin.edu/initiatives/ga….

Wonderful, indeed! More details coming soon…. 😊🏙️📖

Moved by Lisa Sharon Harper’s message last night: “Truth seeking — truth listening — truth telling.” Thank you, @lisasharper, for speaking powerfully about national history. Thanks also to our partner @WeAreLITgr — and to all who joined us for this event.

Lisa Sharon Harper—author of Fortune—will join us THIS THURSDAY at 7PM. And you’re invited! Come join us at the Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation. No ticket required! 😊 Event details here: ccfw.calvin.edu/initiatives/an….

#TheVeryGoodGospel explores scripture to imagine how everything wrong can be made right. You can hear more from author @lisasharper on 2/9 at 7PM — this time about her latest book Fortune! Details here: ccfw.calvin.edu/initiatives/an….

In #RewriteRadio #66, poet and undertaker Thomas Lynch asks us to see others as “fellow pilgrims” on the highways of belief—all searching after a common table. You can join Lynch in his reflections here: ccfw.calvin.edu/podcast/the-fe….

Christmas Break was a time of rest, relaxation… and reading! Check out these former #FFWgr authors our student fellows read over the holidays. Curious about Christian Wiman and @jeffzentner? You can look them up in our speaker database here: ccfw.calvin.edu/speakers-a-z.

In her latest book, Fortune, Lisa Sharon Harper examines how cultural perspectives shape ideas of God and justice. Join us on 2/9 at 7PM for @lisasharper's talk on Fortune — no ticket required! Full details here: ccfw.calvin.edu/initiatives/an….

So excited to co-sponsor @KerriArsenault's lecture today at @Calvin_Uni's January Series! Her free talk, Family and Environmental Legacies, is available through 2/19. You can watch it or visit her website here: calvin.edu/directory/seri….

New year, new episodes! Rewrite Radio #65 features Newbery-award-winning author Clare Vanderpool. For Vanderpool’s (Quantum) Theory of Story and insights on love and identity, click here: ccfw.calvin.edu/podcast/life-s….

We’re thrilled to welcome Lisa Sharon Harper (@lisasharper) to the Center for Community Transformation on Thursday, February 9! The acclaimed author of The Very Good Gospel, Harper will discuss her latest book, Fortune. If you live in West MI, we’d love to see you there!