My friend the grudge
A reflective column on forgiveness and the burden of revenge. It contrasts seeking God’s peace with clinging to hurt, noting how revenge occupies life even during worship and disrupts the kingdom of God. The piece urges releasing the grudge to gain true inner freedom.
Just A Thought on Forgiveness and Healing
A Holland resident Vince Reidsma shares a brief reflection urging forgiveness to heal wounds. He cites Luke 23 24 and compares withholding forgiveness to drinking poison. The piece invites contact via vreidsma gmail com for further thoughts.
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Vince Reidsma
Holland
Gmail
Michigan American Farm Museum breaks ground in Blissfield
Groundbreaking in Blissfield marks start of the American Farm Museum and Education Center project. Construction of a storage building begins the multiphase plan to house rotating exhibits and live demonstrations. Founders Charles and Barbara Burkholder funded the toy collection for display.
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Blissfield
Mich
Michigan
American Farm Museum and Education Center
Daily Telegram
Adrian
Charles
Barbara Burkholder
Melissa Durbin Growden
Growden
Museum
Joanne Whiteman
Ron
Linda Rohrback
Holland Past and Present Amid City News Highlights
R Astra named night yardmaster at Chicago & West Michigan Railway Waverly. Central Park adds a chapel and holds Sunday services. Holland citizens plan a Grand Rapids meeting to organize attendance for Aug 31 Netherlands Day at the world’s fair. Clock funding for Holland City State Bank block nearly complete. a fire damages H H Kok barn with insured loss. Through baggage checking eyed by M Beukema for Grand Rapids resorters. Steamer I M Weston loses engineer J Hancock near Saugatuck. he leaves a wife and child. Farmers from Vriesland and Drenthe visit Macatawa Park. new docks planned along Black Lake create Point Sheldon. Fishing thrives near harbor with torch-lit boats. Equal Suffrage Club to circulate petitions in Holland Ottawa counties ahead of November elections. Park Township bids for a townhouse and road vote split on Black Lake location, north side narrowly ahead. Rev Meengs greeted for speeding 28 mph. Holland businessmen team departs for Hamilton to face Merchants. Grand Rapids parishioners spend weekends at the resorts. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church offers two Masses in July and August.
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R. Astra
Chicago & West Michigan Railway
Waverly
Central Park
Macatawa Park
Grand Rapids
Netherlands
Holland City
Hancock
Saugatuck
Vriesland
Drenthe
Black Lake
Central Wharf
J. Kuite
Point Sheldon
Holland Equal Suffrage Club
Holland
Ottawa
D.H. Christopher
Park Township
Macatawa
Resorts
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thirteenth Street
Maple Avenue
Hope College and Chamber Seek Army Cadet School in Holland
Officials from Hope College and the Chamber of Commerce announced hopeful prospects for an army cadet school in Holland. After War Training service closure at the airport, they planned to send Earnest C. Brooks and Dr Bruce M Raymond to Washington to explore a new training site. Gary Pullano is a resident of Park Township.
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Hope College
Chamber of Commerce
Holland
Chamber of Commerce and
Earnest C. Brooks
Democratic State Central Committee
Bruce M Raymond
War Training Service
Washington
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