Author Archives: Leah Bruneau

New Faculty

Bethlehem College & Seminary aims to build a faculty with strong academic credentials, a love for teaching, a passion for God’s Word and His glory, and pastoral hearts. So it is with great joy that we announce the addition of Chris Bruno and Brian Hanson to our faculty. Chris Bruno is our new Assistant Professor of […]


California Dreamin’

🎶Stopped into a church. I passed along the way.🎶 It may surprise you to learn that students at Bethlehem College & Seminary come from all over the country. One of the largest populations of our students comes from California. Adrien and I hit the road the week before last, traveling the west coast all the […]


Don’t Love the World

In C. S. Lewis’ brilliant address “The Weight of Glory,” he talks about our “desire for our own far-off country.” Then he asks, “Do you think I am trying to weave a spell? Perhaps I am; but remember your fairy tales. Spells are used for breaking enchantments as well as for inducing them. And you […]


Seeing the Divine Hand

Do you think the Israelites saw what they saw? When they daily strapped on their sandals, do you think they were astonished with wonder? Deuteronomy 29:5 I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet. I have never […]


Worthy of Imitation

I so admire the Apostle Paul.  He was a man who was not ruled by fear, but rather, kept his eye on the “prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:14).  He was undaunted and unfazed by the many challenges he faced in his life as a believer in Jesus Christ.  […]


Education in the Year of the Lord’s Favor

Have you ever wondered what the year of jubilee has to do with the Christian life? I’m not talking about whether the jubilee presents a viable economic strategy for 21st-century America. We can save that discussion for another day. Instead, I want to know whether we, as Christians, can look to the jubilee for greater […]


The Glory of God in Poetry

For the January term, I had the privilege of teaching a poetry intensive course for the History of Ideas program at Bethlehem College & Seminary. As a class, we were prepared for the methodical and deliberate pace demanded by the poetry’s density. In our range of pieces from Caedmon to T.S. Eliot and a high […]


Calvin and Commerce: Creation, Work, and Vocation

Today’s post is a preview of Calvin on Commerce, the public lecture that Dr. Hall will give at Bethlehem College & Seminary Downtown Campus on Wednesday, February 8, at 7:00 p.m. We hope you will join us. Any proper understanding of Calvin on the subjects of money, wealth, or business must accept that these are […]


Community Over Cost

The following post was written by a talented photographer who spent time recording life at Bethlehem College & Seminary. Towards the end of April and into May, I spent a bunch of time observing and documenting student life at Bethlehem College & Seminary. My main purpose was to photograph real student life. What Bethlehem College & […]


Calvin Weighs In On The Inauguration

Note: All quotes are from sources as noted. The only fictitious elements in this diary posts are to treat these thoughts as from John Calvin. I send greetings to all Protestants at the Inauguration of the 45th President of the US. Believe it or not, some of our tradition’s ideas have led you to this point. After a spirited campaign, […]