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The Anchor, Volume 126.12: January 16, 2013 Hope College Hope College Digital Commons The Anchor: 2013 The Anchor: 2010-2019 1-16-2013 The Anchor, Volume 126.12: January 16, 2013 Hope College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/anchor_2013 Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Repository citation: Hope College, "The Anchor, Volume 126.12: January 16, 2013" (2013). The Anchor: 2013. Paper 21. https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/anchor_2013/21 Published in: The Anchor, Volume 126, Issue 12, January 16, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Hope College, Holland, Michigan. This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Anchor: 2010-2019 at Hope College Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Anchor: 2013 by an authorized administrator of Hope College Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VOL. 126 NO. 12 J A N U A R Y 16, 2013 ♦ SINCE 1887 “SPERA IN DE O ” H O P E COLLEGE ♦ HO L L A N D , MI C H I G A N Islam lecture Discussion of courage and faith a n d exhibition Biennial Veritas Fo r u m addresses issue of ‘embracing a costly discipleship’ today Vivian Liu Lauren Madison C a m p u s C o-Editor G uest W riter here. So we put together the first Hope Veritas Forum, which was David A. Serio, an educator This past weekend, students held in 1997, and we’ve been of the Arab American National and faculty collaborated to bring doing it every 2 years since.” Museum in Dearborn, will the ninth biennial Veritas Forum The forum commenced on present the address “Islam to Hope College. Thursday evening with the and Muslim Americans: An This year’s Forum focused keynote address “Wh o is Christ Introduction to Understanding on the topic “Courage and for us Today? The Fierce Urgency Islam” on Monday at 4 p.m. in Crisis: Embracing a Costly of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Final Winants Auditorium of Graves Discipleship,” questioning the Questions” given by Charles Hall. role courage plays in the life of a Marsh, professor of religious Serio’s lecture, which is open modern Christian. studies at the University of to the public and will include Hope’s College’s history with Virginia. questions and answers from the Veritas Forum, can be traced The forum continued those present, will focus on back to 1997, when Hope history throughout the weekend, with the practices of Islam, what professor Marc Baer and his wife special guest Rev. Canon Dn Islam means, an explanation Patricia met Veritas founder and Andrew White, chaplain of St. of the Quran, the five pillars of Harvard University chaplain George’s Anglican Church in Islam, sacred cities, holidays Kelly Monroe and got the idea Baghdad, Iraq addressing the and demographics of Muslim to bring Veritas to Hope. Hope community at Friday Americans. According to Baer, “Although morning's chapel service and At the same time, the to that point Veritas Forums had later that night for a second lecture will coincide with a only been held at secular research keynote address titled “Taking traveling exhibition sponsored universities, we thought Hope Risks for the Kingdom.” His time by the Arab American students had many of the same Photo by Liz M artin speaking at Hope concluded at National Museum, showcasing questions students at Harvard F O R U M FOR FAITH— Charles Marsh gives his keynote lec­ The Gathering on Sunday night, information about Arab or [University of] Michigan ture “W h o Is Christ for us Today? The Fierce Urgency of Dietri­ where he spoke to Hope students Americans and religion that will had, and in some ways felt the ch Bonhoeffer’s Questions,” last Thursday evening In Dlmnent and faculty about the courage of be presented on the main floor same lack of freedom to ask Memorial Chapel as a part of the Veritas Forum, focused on Daniel in the Old Testament and of the Van Wylen Library, from them honestly in the classroom discipleship this year. SEE VERITAS, PAGE 2 Monday to Feb. 11. The Arab American National Museum is the first and only Chapel band is ‘worshipful and aw e s o m e ’ museum in the United States devoted to Arab American A da y in the life of student musicians wh o use their gifts to be leaders in worship history and culture. As a Will DeBoer audio levels. Most if not all of the growing population in the G uest W riter band is here, including Joshua United States, Arab Americans It’s 6:50 a.m. and Em Banner, now in his seventh year have become ever present in the Newhof’s (T4) pleasant dreams at the helm as Hope’s minister of economic, political and cultural are interrupted by the blaring of worship and art. landscape of American life. an alarm clock. “I like this kind of worship The museum seeks to share At first glance, it may seem because it’s a corporate act,” the stories of Arab Americans to too early for a college student to said Banner. “It’s not about me the American public and educate be up and rushing; surely classes having to be this sophisticated people about misconceptions don’t start before 8! But it’s not a musician, so what that allows about Arab Americans and class that Newhof rides like the me to do is focus on identifying other minorities. wind toward. Her destination: gifts within these students." The museum also boasts a Dimnent Memorial Chapel. Banner's students do not take variety of shared experiences of Her task: 7 a.m. worship team their commitment to the band different immigrants and ethnic rehearsal. lightly. The worship team's page groups, further nurturing the “Usually I only give myself five on the Hope campus ministries diversity of the United States. minutes. Ten is very generous,” website details the long process The exhibition, however, said Newhof. “It’s early in the it takes just to apply, and those is not simply about Islam and morning, but it’s always good to who do survive the auditions are Muslim Americans. It also be here once I’m here." expected to forsake other extra- includes information on the Newhof sings and plays the curriculars and “consider the three major monotheistic keyboard in one of the two worship team their main extra­ religions: Christianity, Judaism, chapel bands. Casual onlookers curricular activity.” Photo by Liz M artin and Islam and the different may only see the seamlessness They are required to LEADERS IN WORSHIP— One of the two chapel bands holidays celebrated in those of each show, but only the band participate in at least two leads students and faculty In song during worship at Dlmnent religions. members can understand the services every week, and are Memorial Chapel last week. For those who would like to time and effort behind every expected to attend rehearsals learn more about a frequently performance. for each service. In addition, worship team are leaders," said as a leader of the leaders.” misunderstood religion and a By 7:15, the sun is twinkling the band members are to Banner. "They have each had These leaders comprise the growing demographic of the through Dimnent’s many keep themselves in order by a long conversation with me core of the team, arrange music, United States, Serio’s lecture on stained-glass windows. The “maintaining and exemplifying about who they are, what their and lead services when Banner Islam and Muslim Americans band’s technical crew, led by the life of a disciple of Christ," strengths and weaknesses are. is unable to be there. “Eve and the exhibition will be a good director Paul Chamness, finishes according to the web page. And then after a year, when I get been able to give away a lot of opportunity to further one’s taping down cords and adjusting “The people who make the to know them, they may end up s e e BAND, p a g e 2 cultural competency. 1 K l H I ARTS FEATURES SPORTS Veritas Concert Edgar Allen Poe M e n ’s Basketball extends winning streak Singing, dancing, and a poetry Discover m o r e about the poet w h o The Du t c h m e n wo n their fifth g a m e in a row with a victory against reading. would be 20 4 years old this Saturday. Kalamazoo College on Saturday, Jan. 12. W h a t ’s In s i d e W o r l d 3 | A rts 4 | F eatures 5 | V oices 6 | Sports 8 --- Got a story idea? Lotus know at [email protected]. or call us at 395-7877. T his W e e k a t H o p e Veritas Forum: A Harvard tradition continued at Ho p e since ’97 ♦ VERITAS, from page 1 Wed.-Sat. Jan. 16-19 his own work in Baghdad. by singer/songwriter John Mark through the lens of the Christian dramas and classic novels; it Knickerbocker Film Series: Other Veritas events McMillan which also featured a faith. can be lived out by anyone who “Searching for Sugar Ma n ” included panel discussions and dance performance and a poetry According to the Veritas hopes to face difficulties with Knickerbocker Theatre, 7:30 p.m. presentations of student papers reading. Forum website, the events are grace. that fit this year’s “Courage and Conceived at Harvard intended to encourage “shapers “We will all reach a breaking Thursday Jan.
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