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https://thelansingjournal.com/category/lansing-voices/Local Voices is The Lansing Journal's version of “Letters to the Editor.” The opinions posted here are those of the writers, and posting them does not indicate endorsement by The Lansing Journal. We welcome input from fellow residents who have thoughtful things to say about topics that are important to our community. Submissions may be sent to [email protected] with “Voices” in the subject line.
Vote anyway
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Michelle Ford
I remember the first time I got to vote, I stood in the rain with college friends waiting to cast our ballots. That evening, we talked about the election, idealism bouncing off the dorm walls. Later we learned our candidate had lost.
No matter who your candidates...
Embracing our diversity by adapting our institutions
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thoughtful comments submitted by Rev. Daniel Roels, New Hope Church
The strain in Lansing is evident.It is difficult to know what to do when the raw racial nerve that runs through our whole country is exposed among us, here.A recent Halloween display raises the specter of the racial lynchings...
Propaganda
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thoughtful comments submitted by Phillip Thornton
I was watching a show on PBS called "The Brain." This segment was about how the brain needs to be around other brains to develop into a normal human brain. It was explaining empathy and how we have more empathy for people who...
Grace and truth: lessons we can learn
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thoughtful comments submitted by Michelle Smith
On Wednesday, September 26, I got a text with a horrible image of a Halloween decoration from a home in Lansing. The image looked like a black man being lynched. My initial reaction was shock and sadness: Surely the community I love had...
A prayer for Lansing’s children
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thoughtful comments submitted by James Brobst
As I was driving through Lansing one morning and looking at the various signs in yards, I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to make a sign inviting the church to rise and pray for all children. I’d like to start a campaign...
‘Dear President Trump’
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thoughtful comments submitted by Richard Trout
Like you--and the entire nation--I was sickened by the horrific mass murder of 17 students and teachers, as well as the injuring of almost that many more, at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School. In the ensuing weeks since February 14, all Americans have...
Unity in diversity
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thoughtful comments submitted by Lois Ooms
We are entering the Christmas season, the season of “peace on earth.” Yet we listen to the news and hear about tensions and wars in many countries of the world. We also look around our communities and see tensions—people who don’t talk with...
Cowardly, evil, lone-wolf terrorist?
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thoughtful comments submitted by Richard Smits
Saipov, the Islamic terrorist who mowed down walkers, joggers, and cyclists with a rental truck in New York City on October 31, 2017, was described in many media accounts as an evil, cowardly, lone-wolf terrorist.Cowardly? Hardly! He acted, convinced that he was being...
Thank you from the Sulli family
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thoughtful comments submitted by Cindy and Aldo Sulli and familyWords alone cannot express the gratitude that my family and I have for the magnitude of support, both emotionally and financially, that has been extended to us from the most caring and kind-hearted individuals who have touched our lives...
Stand Up for Dreamers
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thoughtful comments submitted by Dan Roels, pastor of New Hope Church
Last week President Trump announced the phase-out of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the program that protected immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from being deported. Likewise, we know that the majority of Americans (some surveys...