Renaissance House

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Here's What Goodwill Actually Does With Your Donated Clothes

Chow Mein vs. Lo Mein: What's the Real Difference Between Them?

When it comes to chow mein vs. low mein, the similar-looking dishes are popular in Chinese cuisine, but they are very different. Here's how.

Help Furnish The Village

We need your help to furnish The Village, making it into a home The Village is a new transitional housing community for low-income single mothers and their children that opened in 2015. There are many items and packages to choose from, and you can even sponsor an item in the name of a loved one as a way to honor them. By giving your financial support to provide these items for The Village, you are helping over 160 women and 320 children …

How Police Are Watching You on Social Media

How does law enforcement use Twitter, Facebook, and other forms of social media to keep tabs on people? Documents from Chicago's Cook County Sheriff’s Office reveal a few of their surveillance techniques.

Why do I need a Social Security Attorney

At Agee Clymer Mitchell and Laret, we have highly-experienced professionals long versed in the process of the law, here to assist and guide your potential actions.

9 Rainforest Facts Everyone Should Know

Protecting rainforests is a powerful natural climate solution that’s critical to our collective future.

Items Never to Leave Out At An Open House

Do you know what items you should never leave out at an open house? Open houses can be a magnet for crime. Holding an open house increases your odds of being robbed. See what should never be left out when having an open house.

7 Things You Should Never Overlook At Open Houses

When you're on the hunt for a new house, weekends spent touring open houses can quickly veer from fun to

5 Tips to Keep Your Open House Safe

•When your Grand Rapids real estate agent schedules an open house for your home, it can be a convenient opportunity to have your home seen by a variety of potential buyers, all at once. Some of the visitors may be known to your agent or to you. But an open house may expose your home to a large number of unfamiliar people as wellLast year, the Grand Rapids area experienced a rash thefts involving prescription medications at open houses. The last…

Turning a House Into a Home: 5 Ways to Mix Old and New

Eleven years ago, I took a lifeless fixer as my canvas and worked diligently to infuse it with vitality. Now, looking back, I can list five makeover strategies that helped turn a house into a home tuned for enjoyment.

Flowchart: Which Harry Potter house are you in?

If getting a house community scarf wasn’t exciting enough for you, imagine being sorted into a house at Hogwarts.

4 Things to Consider & Look For When Viewing a Home or Open House

Whether you are a first-time home-buyer or a current homeowner looking to downsize, more than likely you will be viewing houses or attending open houses while searching for the perfect home. Regardless of how experienced you are with home buying

How to Build the Perfect Gingerbread House

I am not an architect. I do not know how to understand blueprints or make things stable or even really understand what a “model” does. I am a competent cook, but a bad baker. The two layer cakes I have attempted to make in my life both began to slump like the tower in Pisa within hours of their completion. I am, however, immensely stubborn, and very spirited. I kept seeing gingerbread houses everywhere, and as someone who loves a good snap cookie…

5 Keys to Getting out of the Dog House

Getting in the dog house is no mystery, but sometimes we need a little help getting out. Try these 5 simple keys to getting out of your wife's dog house.

5 Easy Steps to House Training

Nothing frustrates owners or damages the human animal bond quiet as much as a dog that eliminates in the house. Inappropriate elimination is one of, if not the most common reasons dogs end …

How to Pack a House to Move in One Week!

Being a house flipper, I have packed more houses to move in the last 10 years than some people pack in a lifetime! House flippers who live in the houses they are flipping should be experts at...