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Tuesdays With Morrie Reveals, Conceals

Submitted 09-06-2022 under OPINION

Tuesdays With Morrie, the stage adaptation of the bestselling memoir, succeeds in celebrating its titular subject and in asking the fundamental questions.

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Comprehensive Therapy Center is blowing off some STEAM this Fall

Submitted 09-06-2022 under NONPROFITS

Comprehensive Therapy Center is blowing off some STEAM this fall with the launch of our newest program, Learning Labs: Full STEAM Ahead! This program is designed to introduce 2-5 years olds to the concepts of STEAM.

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Community Updates: Friday, September 2

Submitted 09-02-2022 under NEWS

Grand Rapids Police Department and SAFE Task Force to hold anonymous gun buyback event in push for violent crime prevention; Grand Rapids Fire Department announces new internship program; and more

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Ethics and Religion Talk: Should Theology be Fear-based?

Submitted 08-29-2022 under OPINION

It is often agreed by both therapists and clergy that a large number of people grow up in homes and congregations where fear is the dominant factor in theology. This has emotionally and spiritually damaged many.

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Community Updates: Friday, August 26

Submitted 08-26-2022 under NEWS

First annual Mexican Film Festival to take place at Wealthy Theatre in September; Grand Rapids City Commission holds "Commission Night Out" event on Tuesday; and more

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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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