Grand Rapids, Michigan is pretty cold!
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan and the largest city in West Michigan. It is on the Grand River about east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 1,005,648, and the combined statistical area of Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland had a population of 1,321,557. Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County.
A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is
Smedes performed several years of pastoral service in the Christian Reformed Church.
Smedes also taught at the Free University in Amsterdam and Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Major works.
In addition to many articles, Smedes wrote many popular books including:
- "Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve", Harper, 1984
- "A Pretty Good Person What it Takes to Live with Courage, Gratitude, & Integrity or When Pretty Good Is as Good as You Can Be"