I occasionally come across stories of saints, prophets, and other religious figures of note who seem to break from the moral codes we are taught to obey. Some say that they are allowed to do such...
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Posted: 44 weeks 6 days
Tagged: arpa, city commission, city office, commission night out, Community, first ward, forestry, fy2024 budget, Grand Rapids, GRPL, holiday closure, juneteenth, Mel Trotter, next step of west michigan, pbgr, public comment, rain, redevelopment, rpa, third ward, trees
Grand Rapids City Commission Hosts "Commission Night Out" Meeting in GR's Third Ward
On Tuesday, the ...
Posted: 45 weeks 19 hours
Tagged: Affordable Housing, community building, community development, community engagement, homeless, homelessness, housing, housing affordability, permanent supportive housing, PSH, resident leadership, support services
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Posted: 45 weeks 1 day
Tagged: Daffodil Ministries, Rotary, Rotary Club of Kentwood, Rotary District 6290, survivors of domestic abuse
The Rotary Club of Kentwood is...
Posted: 45 weeks 1 day
June 8, 2023
1500 Kent County Families Receive Learning Kits
Local organizations partner to provide summer activities to children...
Posted: 45 weeks 1 day
Tagged: 2023, Calder Plaza, celebration, Grand Rapids Pride Center, grand rapids pride festival, jazz mckinney, lgbtq+, nonprofit, phil tower, Pride Month, robin s, WYCE
Jazz McKinney, the Executive Director of the Grand Rapids Pride Center, was recently interviewed by Phil Tower for WYCE...
Posted: 45 weeks 2 days
Tagged: Accommodations, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion, Sabbath
Is it fair to give religious people days off when non religious will...
Posted: 45 weeks 6 days
Tagged: blue bridge, celebration, city commission, City of Grand Rapids, commission night out, Conservation, culture, dgri, disney, Downtown, equity and engagement, gerald r. ford academic center, grand rapids asian pacific festival, grand rapids asian pacific foundation, grand river bands of ottawa indians, GRPD, gun lake tribe, homecoming of the three fires, John Ball Zoo, match-e-be-nash-she-wish band of the pottawatomi indians, riverside Park, shashee, special events, suddenrush, vichai cheng & lit factory, world ocean day
Homecoming of the Three Fires, Grand Rapids Asian Pacific Festival Taking Place in Grand Rapids This Weekend
Last Friday, the...
"Enrich, Inspire, & Enable": Curtains to Rise for #BAM Talent's Production of American Son Next Week
Posted: 45 weeks 6 days
Tagged: american son, Arts, bam talent, bam::backend, black art matters, Circle Theatre, darius colquitt, education, Grand Rapids, grand rapids pride festival, new works workshop, Play, queer black moments in broadway history, songs in the key of stevie wonder, Theatre, Wealthy Theatre
"Enrich, Inspire, & Enable Black & Underrepresented Voices through Professional-Level Theatrical Training & Production Works."
That is the mission...
Posted: 46 weeks 17 hours
Tagged: AJ Hills, City Connection, Grand Rapids, GRCMC, GRTV, mayor rosalynn bliss, phil tower, WYCE
On Monday, June 12, Mayor Rosalynn Bliss and AJ Hills (Business Developer with the City of Grand Rapids) will be in the ...
Posted: 46 weeks 2 days
Fifty years ago, when Noël Coward died, he took with him a world. It was a glittering, sparkling world -- a world of finely-cut suits, tasteful jewelry, and witty banter. A fantasy, in other words...
Posted: 46 weeks 3 days
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, religion, technology
Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple, responds:
Within Hindu circles there are very robust conversations about the technological...
Posted: 46 weeks 5 days
Tagged: erik howard, filmmaker, open projector night
We'd like to congratulate our last Open Projector Night winner, Erik Howard and his film 'Farewell Tour.' We were excited to have a conversation...
Posted: 46 weeks 5 days
Tagged: briggs park, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Police Department, Grand Rapids Public Library, GRPD, GRPL, homicide, Martin Luther King Park, parks and recreation, person of interest, pool, Richmond Park, shooting, Silent Observer, splash pad, summer reading challenge, witness
Grand Rapids Police Department Asks Community for Information About Person of Interest, Possible Witnesses in Wednesday's Homicide
The...
Posted: 47 weeks 2 days
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, judges, politics, religion
Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple, responds:
We are experiencing a significant moment in our history now. Before now, many of the...
Posted: 47 weeks 6 days
Tagged: budget, city commission, city manager, dr. david pilgrim, exhibit, financial plan, fundraiser, fy2024, gala, Grand Rapids, grand rapids sister cities international, GRPL, GRPM, holiday closure, memorial day, overcoming hateful things: stories from the jim crow museum of racist imagery, seeding justice grand rapids, strategic plan, talk
Grand Rapids City Commission Passes Ordinance to Formally Adopt the City's FY2024 Budget
At its meeting on Tuesday, the...
Posted: 48 weeks 18 hours
Tagged: art
Twenty-three software, video, and light-based works of art will be on view this summer at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) in ...
Posted: 48 weeks 2 days
“Audubon” is a household name associated with protecting birds. The moniker is synonymous with the avian conservation movement, and yet some local chapters had urged for...
Posted: 48 weeks 6 days
Tagged: Activities, backpack, budget, cesar e chavez elementary, charging, christopher becker, city commission, City of Grand Rapids, Community, foster care, fundraiser, fy2024 fiscal plan, gr parks and recreation, Grand River, GRPD, GRPS, gun, Kent County Prosecutor, michigan fosters, policing, public hearing, stocking elementary, strategic plan, summer
Kent County Prosecutor Announces Charging Decision in Case of Seven-Year-Old Student Who Brought Unloaded Firearm to Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
On Wednesday, May 3,...
Posted: 49 weeks 2 days
Many companies wish to go in the direction of ESG (Environment Social Governance). This movement encourages businesses to take more things into consideration that the bottom line of profit. Many...
Posted: 49 weeks 6 days
Tagged: 2023 amway river bank run, bus, City of Grand Rapids, DASH, exhibit, Ferris State University, GRPM, heritage hill annual weekend tour of homes, heritage hill association, jim crow, jim crow museum, Mobile GR, transportation
New Traveling Exhibit Exploring the History, Impact of Jim Crow Coming to the Grand Rapids Public Museum Next Month
On Monday, the Grand...
Posted: 50 weeks 18 hours
Tagged: broadway, Hadestown, Musical, Musical Theater
"It's an old song, but we're gonna sing it again."
That's the promise of Hadestown, the Tony Award-winning musical that retells the story of Orpheus...
Posted: 50 weeks 3 days
Tagged: ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, philosophy, psychology, religion, theology
Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple, responds:
I can’t imagine how it can. I don’t even know how theology can exist...
Posted: 50 weeks 3 days
Tagged: #SCMC #StCeciliaMusicCenter #SCMCMusicLivesHere #DowntownGrandRapidsEntertainment #Music #Concerts
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) is proud to bring back legendary 6- and 12-string guitarist ...
Posted: 50 weeks 6 days
Tagged: cats, City of Grand Rapids, community projects, construction, foster, Humane Society of West Michigan, kitten, kitten season, neighborhood match fund, road closure
City of Grand Rapids Allocates $78,000 of Neighborhood Match Fund Dollars to "Community Focused" Projects
On Thursday, the City...
Posted: 50 weeks 6 days
Tagged: American Civil War, arturo morales romero, battle of puebla, california, celebration, chicano movement, cinco de mayo, commercialization, el movimiento, france, Mexico, second franco-mexican war, united states
In the United States, Cinco de mayo (the "Fifth of May") is typically...
Posted: 51 weeks 2 days
Tagged: City, city commission, City Connection, GRCMC, GRTV, kelsey perdue, phil tower, third ward, WYCE
On Monday, May 1, Commissioner Kelsey Perdue (of GR's Third Ward) will be in the GRTV studio for...
Posted: 51 weeks 3 days
Tagged: church, ethics, Ethics and Religion Talk, inclusive, mosque, religion, synagogue, temple, welcoming
The Reverend Colleen Squires, minister at All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation, responds:
I completely agree, unless each...
Posted: 51 weeks 5 days
Tagged: budget, Ceremony, city commission, City of Grand Rapids, Classes, committee of the whole, downtown grand rapids inc., dr. brad brown, economic prosperity and affordability, engaged and connected community, finance, fire chief, fitness, fy2024 fiscal plan, governmental excellence, gr parks and recreation, GRFD, health and environment, Mark Washington, Mobility, outdoors, Priority Health, safe community, strategic plan, summer
City Manager, City Staff Present FY2024 Preliminary Fiscal Plan to the Grand Rapids City Commission
On Tuesday, the City of...
Posted: 1 year 18 hours
Tagged: #nonprofit, Clean Energy, climate change, sustainability
Grand Rapids, MI - Grand Rapids based international development agency World Renew helps free families from poverty in 30 countries worldwide. Through relief aid, World Renew...