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Dear Sophie Column: What Is the Mystery of the Cross?

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Olivet University Donates Over 700 Children’s Books to Local Library: Olivet University is pleased to support the Anza Valley community through a recent donation of more than 700 children’s books to the Friends of Anza Library, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the Anza Valley Community Library.

Dear Sophie Column: What Is the Mystery of the Cross?: The call to repentance in the New Testament reveals the transformative power of the cross, the moment in which humanity becomes aware that it has resisted and rejected divine love as revealed in Christ. Repentance, in this context, is not merely an ethical correction or moral reform but a profound recognition of humanity’s participation in the suffering and rejection of the incarnate Word. Yet within this recognition, divine mercy is disclosed. The site of ultimate sin becomes the locus of ultimate grace, as the reality of human estrangement is met by the unmerited compassion of God.

ZSDS Annual Doctoral Colloquium 2025 Successfully Concluded: The Zinzendorf School of Doctoral Studies' 2025 Doctoral Colloquium held at Olivet University San Francisco Campus was successfully concluded on October 20. The two-week colloquium was held from October 6 to October 17 with doctoral students from all over the globe.