Situated twenty-seven stories high in downtown Grand Rapids is a sophisticated restaurant with expansive panoramic views of the beautiful Grand River and the surrounding cityscape. It is appropriately deemed fine dining and delivers an upscale, yet romantic, intimate atmosphere which makes it a perfect choice to celebrate special occasions. I have lived in the area almost my entire life but had never been until a few months ago when my husband and I decided it was time to d

I dug my feet into the batter’s box and readied myself for the pitch. As a scrawny 11-year-old, you could almost see my knees trembling as I watched the huge, man sized 12-year-old stare me down. We all thought he was old enough to drive himself to the games – someone needed to check his birth certificate. This wasn’t just any pitcher, it was the pitcher everyone feared. He threw so hard and so fast it was downright scary. He wound up and delivered the first pitch - ‘Bang’

My in-laws once owned a cute little cottage that had a trap door in the floor which led down to the basement. One day my sister-in-law was walking by and did not see that the door was open. She tumbled down the wooden steps into the dark - landing hard on the cold cement floor! In a sense, we, too, can fall through a trap door when we only see things from a human perspective and not from God’s. This is especially true when it comes to the way we perceive money. Jesus talks