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Ethics and Religion Talk: Should Cemeteries Honor the Saltier Qualities of the Deceased?

Submitted 08-23-2022 under OPINION

The family wanted to honor the essence of their father and his rough personality on his tombstone. The cemetery feels differently and wants the stone removed. Who is in the right?

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Community Updates: Friday, August 19

Submitted 08-19-2022 under NEWS

Grand Rapids Public Library to host "adult storytime" events; City of Grand Rapids schedules first Commission Night Out event for next Tuesday; and more

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Guiding Light Recovery Helps Doug Chart a Better Path

Submitted 08-17-2022 under NONPROFITS

Doug was in jail where he met a man who recommended Guiding Light. They discussed a number of the treatment programs in Grand Rapids, but his cellmate said, “If you get the chance, try Guiding Light, it's a better overall program."

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Ethics and Religion Talk: Sex, Violence, and Hollywood, part 2

Submitted 08-15-2022 under OPINION

Would any of you avoid a program that might be good otherwise, but includes sex/nudity? Has such content become so much a part of society that we have become numb to it? Or, perhaps we should just accept all this as being an honest portrayal of life?

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Community Updates: Friday, August 12

Submitted 08-12-2022 under NEWS

Grand Rapids Public Museum to hold nature-based, educational programs for students in August; Kent County Health Department seeks to increase vaccine awareness; and more

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Ethics and Religion Talk: Orthodoxy - Do you have an obligation to straighten someone's beliefs?

Submitted 08-08-2022 under OPINION

If a member of your flock approaches you with an honest admission that he or she no longer believes in a core doctrine of your religion (afterlife, the idea of God, salvation, etc.), would you consider it your duty to bring this person back into the “correct” belief system?

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Community Updates: Friday, August 5

Submitted 08-05-2022 under NEWS

Two concerts left in the 2022 GRAM on the Green series; Grand Rapids Public Schools clarifies dress code ahead of 2022-2023 school year; and more

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Ethics and Religion Talk: Sex, Violence, and Hollywood, part 1

Submitted 08-01-2022 under OPINION

Would any of you avoid a program that might be good otherwise, but includes sex/nudity? Has such content become so much a part of society that we have become numb to it? Or, perhaps we should just accept all this as being an honest portrayal of life?

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Community Updates: Friday, July 29

Submitted 07-29-2022 under NEWS

Several committee/commission meetings take place in Grand Rapids on Tuesday; Richmond Park pool to hold "Wag 'n' Wade" dog swim event in August; and more

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Ethics and Religion Talk: Do Archeological or Historical/Linguistic Discoveries Affect Your Faith?

Submitted 07-25-2022 under OPINION

Can you give any examples of such discoveries or developments that may have led you to look at things in a different way?

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