Stories

The Art of Attachment

Betty Brouwer was still an undergraduate student when she discovered art therapy. The search for her ideal career abruptly stopped. “When I was growing up, art was considered a nice hobby but not...

By /September 3, 2021

June 2021 Alumni Council Update

Greetings Redeemer Alumni,  I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know about some recent changes to the Alumni Council as well as some exciting plans for alumni this fall. First, we are...

By /June 2, 2021

Ecological Innovation at CMU

In the first pages of Genesis, God gives Adam and Eve one of the central commandments: to take care and establish dominion from each large animal to the smallest speck of soil. For alumnus and...

By /March 22, 2021

Pointing At-Risk Youth to the Living Rock

It’s been over 20 years since Redeemer alumna Jennifer deVries’ life-changing summer at Living Rock—a youth centre planted in the core of downtown Hamilton. Two decades later, Jennifer still...

By /March 22, 2021

Instilling Awe and Wonder

For Zach Kingma ’19, teaching was a part of his career plans from early on because of some excellent role models. “My 8th grade and high school teachers struck me as wise individuals. They...

By /March 22, 2021

Cultivating Creation in the Workplace

Before Cuthbert even started his first class at Redeemer, he had intentions of leaving. “I had planned on coming to Redeemer to experience Christian education for a year and then move on to a...

By /March 22, 2021

January 2021 Alumni Council Update

Happy new year, alumni community! I hope you have had a wonderful time of rest and reflection during this past holiday season. My prayer for you in 2021 is that you may know and experience our...

By /January 7, 2021

The Ethics of Germline Editing

A degree in philosophy wasn’t Enzo Guerra’s first choice. In fact, it was the furthest thing from his mind during the first-year introduction to philosophy course at Redeemer. “Back then, I...

By /November 6, 2020