“All the time in the world,” Joco told me when I asked him what he’d tell his 16 year old self, “Study, go to school, and do as much as you can…” Joco says that … Read More

63 years ago, Dean was baptized in the chapel of La Grave, trust me when I say that many members of the church now, wouldn’t know of anyone who had been baptized in the Chapel … Read More

Bob and Judy Otte This lovely couple love to reminisce about the about the day that they got married in the old chapel of La Grave Christian Reformed Church in Downtown Grand Rapids in the … Read More

“I lost my husband.  I’m a relatively new widow …but in that process I encountered the grace of God like I never had before.  I was able to see my husband die with such grace, … Read More