The stories we don’t tell
“Don’t buy a house in Second Ward.” Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised when a pastor who was new to our community told me…
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Find the hope
On May 29, 2011, I was in conference with a guest at The Hermitage, a retreat center where I serve as Spiritual Director. It…
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Rocky River Series: Camp
Three Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) On the other side of the bridge from the historic timeline mural where a lone Indian gazes longingly into…
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Rocky River series: Railroad
Three Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) Three Rivers is located near the old Sauk Trail, a pathway between Detroit and Chicago that was first forged…
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Rocky River series: Beach
Three Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) When I first moved to Three Rivers, I heard about a beach that the city had built along the…
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Rocky River Series: Mural
Three Rivers, Michigan (March 2017) In the thirteen years I’ve lived in Three Rivers, I’ve watched this mural on the Pealer Street Bridge progressively…
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Patterns of migration
She never ceased to wonder at the incredible power of birds for adaptation. These had flown perhaps a thousand miles from the South to…
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Meet the government: Carolyn McNary
Editor’s Note: For the Local Government issue of Topology, we interviewed individuals who have been involved in local government in and around Three Rivers,…
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Meet the government: Tom Springer
Editor’s Note: For the Local Government issue of Topology, we interviewed individuals who have been involved in local government in and around Three Rivers,…
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Meet the government: Carol Higgins
Editor’s Note: For the “Local Government” issue of Topology, we interviewed individuals who have been involved in local government in and around Three Rivers,…
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