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This is What We Do!

We have all heard that saying, over and over again (usually in reference to "saving money on car insurance!").   At Grace Christian University we recently celebrated our seventy-first annual commencement ceremony.  Throughout the weekend of graduation events, more...

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The End is Near!

Like me, you have probably seen someone carrying such a sign or shouting loudly while wearing a sandwich board as they proclaim the message that the world is approaching a very abrupt end…or at least, a much unanticipated interruption.  (But now that I think about...

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Ambassadors

I met a very nice man dressed in a sharp suit in the Administration Building yesterday.  After learning his name I asked him what brought him to Grace.  He told me he was an “ambassador.” Before he could add that he was an ambassador of the Grand Rapids Chamber of...

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Choosing Thankfulness Even in Sorrow

So many times during the month of November we seek to encourage people to look around at all their blessings and abundance and stop to thank God and show appropriate gratitude.  It often seems we are like the little child excitedly opening presents when our mother...

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Work is Drudgery!

What is it that differentiates drudgery of task fulfillment from vigorously serving with enthusiasm? Once there was a small town in the southern Midwest portion of the USA which was located along a beautifully flowing river.  The town was constructed there because...

The “Last Minute” Anxious Scurry!

Isn't it amazing how the final days prior to a big event like a wedding, or a long-awaited vacation are an absolute whirlwind of activity? That is my best description of how our campus is during these last weeks of summer.  Here is a description of activities so...

I Can Hardly See It!

I have said, and have often heard others exclaim those words when looking skyward or toward the horizon to observe an object.  I have also heard them when one is looking at a page in a magazine or book, hoping to capture a fleeting thought or concept.  In both...

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Swinging so Hard…My Eyes Were Closed!

On Monday night, we held our annual “Grace Night at the Ballpark.”   It was a great time of reconnecting with friends and partners of the College.  We had almost 200 guests, and praise God for the funds raised for student scholarships.  It was a fun family time on...

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The Hole-in-One and Divine Intervention

I love the game of golf!  I recently traveled up north with a great group of Christian men to enjoy the beauty of Northern Michigan along the shores of Lake Michigan as we played some beautiful courses. We laughed, played, and spent time in God’s Word led by my...

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