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Submissions from 2025

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Hands-on Parallel & Distributed Computing with Rasperry Pi Devices and Clusters, Elizabeth Shoop, Suzanne J. Matthews, Richard Brown, and Joel C. Adams

Submissions from 2024

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Dr. Derek Schuurman on AI and the Kingdom of God, Derek Schuurman

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A Conversation with Dr. Derek Schuurman for the Ride Home with John and Kathy, Derek Schuurman

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Review of Jessica Begon, Disability Through the Lens of Justice in Ethics, 135.2 (2025): 337-342., Kevin Timpe

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Book review of Josh Larsen's recent book "Fear Not", Craig Mattson

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Personhood and the Perception of Truth in the Age of AI, Derek Schuurman

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Sex, Tech, and Faith: Ethics for a Digital Age, Kate Ott

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Regarding Friendship in Place-based Development for Colleges and Universities, Craig Mattson

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AI and the Biblical Story: Thoughts from a Christian Computer Scientist, Derek Schuurman

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Engineering, Design and the Christian Faith, Derek Schuurman

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Engineering, Design and the Christian Faith with Dr. Derek Schuurman, Dr. Derek Schuurman

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“Arduous and Difficult to Obtain”: Teaching as a Hopeful Educational Practice, David I. Smith

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Usage Reporting and Analysis: Current Options and Future Opportunities, Katherine Swart, Tim Lloyd, and Tricia Miller

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A Day of Worship | Sam Ha | Calvin Seminary, Sam Ha

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The Problem with AI is Deeper Than You Think, Derek Schuurman

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The Problem with Chatbot Personas, Derek Schuurman

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Dr. Julie Yonker on Mental Health for Boys and Girls, Dr. Julie Yonker

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The Future Direction of Calvin Studies? Sam Ha (Calvin Conversations Series), Sam Ha

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Coaching America's Youngest College Football Team: My Plan, Trent Figg

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Creativity and “gadget overload”, Derek Schuurman

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AI in Education: Villain, Savior, or Something Else?, Derek Schuurman

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Becoming Acquainted with Grief, Derek Schuurman

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Resolving the Contradictory Conclusions from Three Reviews of Controlled Longitudinal Studies of Physical Punishment: A Meta-Analysis, C.J. Ferguson, J. Pritsker, M.L. Gunnoe, and R.E. Larzelere

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Artifical Intelligence in Academia, James E. Carpp and Crystal N. Bruxvoort

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Kenneth Koch, Cincinnatian, Poet of Confetti, Lew Klatt

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Conversation with Derek Schuurman, Derek Schuurman

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Generating Assignments in Science Methods Using Research-based Transparency: Challenging Preservice Teachers to Do Likewise, University of Northern Iowa and Crystal Bruxvoort

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Because of Who We Are: A Fresh Perspective on Calvin’s Doctrine of the Image of God and Human Dignity, Sam Neulsaem Ha

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Artificial Intelligence and the Christian Faith, Derek Schuurman

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Autism Awareness in the Church with Dr. Kevin Timpe, Kevin Timpe

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The endoplasmic reticulum as an active liquid network, Laura M. Westrate, Zubenelgenubi C. Scott, Samuel B. Steen, Greg Huber, and Elena F. Koslover

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AI Jesus?, Derek Schuurman

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Seeking Shalom through AI, Derek Schuurman

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The Pointing Instinct & How to Cultivate It, Lew Klatt

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Introducing Pascal-bot: What Would Pascal Say?, Derek Schuurman

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Exercising Healthy Skepticism of Artificial Intelligence, Derek Schuurman

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The Lifelong Journey of Inner Transformation, Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

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Endoplasmic reticulum morphology regulation by RTN4 modulates neuronal regeneration by curbing luminal transport., Laura M. Westrate, Pierre Parutto, Cecile C. Crapart, Elena F. Koslover, Edward Avezov, and Tasuku Konno

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Shaping a Digital World, Derek Schuurman

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Derek Schuurman on Using Artificial Intelligence in Church, Derek Schuurman

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Abdiel’s Preaching the Word ‘Out of Season’: An Allusion to 2 Timothy 4:2 in Milton’s Paradise Lost 5:850, David V. Urban

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The Story of Progress and a Path to Responsible Technology, Derek Schuurman

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Religious Freedom, Disability Discrimination, and Civic Virtue, Kevin Timpe

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Country-level primary-final-useful (CL-PFU) and world long-run (WLR-PFU) energy and exergy databases, Matthew Kuperus Heun

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A country-level primary-final-useful (CL-PFU) energy and exergy database: overview of its construction and 1971–2020 world-level efficiency results, Paul E. Brockway, Matthew Kuperus Heun, Zeke Marshall, Emmanuel Aramendia, Paul Steenwyk, Thomas Relph, Michelle Widjanarko, Jeonghoo (James) Kim, Anjana Sainju, and Julian Irtube

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It Takes a Village to Form a Christian Scholar, Derek Schuurman

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Shaping A Digital World Pt 1, Derek Schuurman

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The Departed, Lew Klatt

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Use Your Words, Jane Zwart and Lew Klatt

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Estimation of useful-stage energy returns on investment for fossil fuels and implications for renewable energy systems, Emmanuel Aramendia, Paul E. Brockway, Peter G. Taylor, Jonathan B. Norman, Matthew K. Heun, and Zeke Marshal;

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AI and the Church, Derek Schuurman

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On the right track? Energy use, carbon emissions, and intensities of world rail transportation, 1840–2020, Bernardo Tostes, Sofia T. Henriques, Paul E. Brockway, Matthew Kuperus Heun, Tiago Domingos, and Tânia Sousa

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Complete genome sequences of 9 Rhodococcus equi phages, Randall DeJong and Myles D Radersma, Gabrielle Lathrop, Karena C Moleakunnel, Luke Harlow, Aerin E Baker, Alison J. Chen, Jason G Churu, Carly A Dole, Sophia L Doorn, Ethan M Hill, Anna Howland, Amanda Janvier, Catie M Kramer, Matt J Minasian, Jocelyn R Nieze, Isabella K Perezios, Fiona J Ramsey, Katie L Seinen, Sierra K Swierenga, Michael M Veenstra, Grace E Weaver, Alexandra C White, Esther Yoon

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S O, Lew Klatt

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Virtue and Artificial Intelligence, Derek Schuurman

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Hearing Iterative and Recursive Behavior: Sonification Improves Student Understanding, Joel C. Adams and Hayworth Anderson

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Goal Attainment and Quality of Life through Inclusive College, Kate Strater, Mia Kurkechian, and Kassandra Weber

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AI and Truth in a Post-Epistemic World, Derek Schuurman

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Notes from the Cosmic Sea, James K.A. Smith

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Swimmer’s itch control: timely waterfowl brood relocation significantly reduces an avian schistosome population and human cases on recreational lakes., Randall DeJong, Harvey D. Blankespoor, and Curtis L. Blankespoor

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Congenital Disabilities and Gender Nonconforming Identities as Parts of God’s Intended Creation, Loren Haarsma, Kevin Timpe, Liran Naranjo- Huebl, and Emily Helder

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Luminal transport through intact endoplasmic reticulum limits the magnitude of localized Ca2+ signals, Laura M. Westrate, Cécile C. Crapart, Zubenelgenubi C. Scott, Tasuku Konno, Aman Sharma, Pierre Parutto, David M. D. Bailey, Edward Avezov, and Elena F. Koslover

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Easy, Bright, Fluorescence Demonstration of Buffer Action, Mariana Dykstra, Yejin Chung, and Mark Muyskens

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Fluorescent pH indicators for classroom demonstration of buffer action, Mark Muyskens, Mariana Dykstra, and Yejin Chung

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CLPFUDatabase: A suite of R packages for energy conversion chain analysis, Matthew Kuperus Heun, Zeke Marshall, and Emmanuel Aramendia

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Directed Self-Placement for Multilingual, Multicultural International Students, Kristine Johnson and Sara Vander Bie

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Umm Al-Jimāl Site Management Plan, Dr. Elizabeth Osinga and Mrs. Jenna de Vries Morton

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María de San José Salazar’s Mount Carmel: Global Identity through the Natural World in Libro de las recreaciones, Alisa Tigchelaar, Antónia Conde, Fábio Mário, Luísa Vilela, and José Eduardo Franco

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Educating for Shalom in Engineering, Julie Wildschut

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Incorporating evidence-based teaching practices in a civil/environmental engineering course to improve learning, Julie Anne Wildschut

Submissions from 2023

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The Inevitability of Sin, Kevin Timpe

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The Advent Art of Waiting, Noah Toly

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A Low-Cost Classroom Network without the Internet, Derek Schuurman

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Artificial Intelligence Roundtable, Derek Schuurman, Eddy Wu, and Jeremy Peckham

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ChatGPT, AI, and the Biblical Story, Derek Schuurman

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Gold, Technology, and Wisdom, Derek Schuurman

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A Tectonic Shift in Technology: The Pandemic Greatly Accelerated the Adoption of and Reliance on Technology Among Churches, Tyler Greenway

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ChatGPT, AI, and the Biblical Story: Thoughts from a Christian Computer Scientist, Derek Schuurman

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Artificial Intelligence, Derek Schuurman

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From Incarceration to Integration: A Critical Analysis of Reentry Care in Prison Education Programs in West Michigan, Emily Steen and Mark Mulder

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The AI Takeover, Derek Schuurman

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20 Years of Professing, Derek Schuurman

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The Practice of Virtue Driven GIScience, Jason VanHorn

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On Miller 2011: twenty-five ASA fellows and editors tell of PSCF articles that changed their lives, Ryan Bebej

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Technology: neither saviour nor villian, Derek Schuurman

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Talking with Tolkien, Derek Schuurman

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With Whom Should One Worship? A Fresh Perspective on John Calvin’s Liturgical Theology of Physical Proximity and Spiritual Epidemic, Sam Neulsaem Ha

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The Ride Home, Derek Schuurman

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Exploring Virtue Formation and Virtue-by-Proxy in Artificial Intelligence, Derek Schuurman

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Cyber-Tolkiens? Kuyper-bots?, Derek Schuurman

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Le role d'une universite confessionnelle dans le systeme educatif, Jolene Vos-Camy

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AI and the Biblical Story - FaithTech Online Meetup, Derek Schuurman

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How Did the Landscape of Student Belonging Shift During COVID-19?, Shruti Misra, Neha Kardam, Jennifer VanAntwerp, and Denise Wilson

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How Then Shall We Engineer?, Derek Schuurman

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Shaping A Digital World Pt 2, Derek Schuurman

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Engineering CAReS: Measuring Basic Psychological Needs in the Engineering Workplace, Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Denise Wilson, and Shruti Misra

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AI&Faith Interview with Derek Schuurman, Derek Schuurman

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Defining the Integration of Faith and Learning, Derek Schuurman, Esau McCaulley, Todd Rearm, Andrea Scott, and Morgan Feddes Satre

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A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers, Derek Schuurman, Ethan J. Bruce, and Steven H. VanderLeest

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ChatGPT and the rise of AI, Derek Schuurman