A Front Porch to the World

Imagine running into Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr on Calvin’s Crossing, or worshipping in the chapel led by Proskuneo Ministries alongside hundreds of believers from over 30 countries worldwide, or engaging with Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings live in the Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium or from your living room in New Mexico or New Zealand.

None of these are hypothetical; all of these interactions—and hundreds more—have happened at one of Calvin’s long-running initiatives: the Festival of Faith & Writing, the Symposium on Worship, and the January Series. In fact, these events have served as a welcoming space—a “front porch,” if you will—for intellectual curiosity and warm connection. Each event invites the world in, offering hospitality not just to outstanding speakers and thousands of attendees from around the globe, but to rich ideas, engaging stories, and bold practices.