Charles Honey
Journalist
Charles Honey is a journalist and freelance writer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he worked for nearly 30 years for The Grand Rapids Press. He was editor of the paper’s award-winning religion section from 1994 to 2009, and continued writing his weekly column on faith and values until 2014. He is currently a staff writer and editor for School News Network, an online news site covering public schools in Kent County, Michigan. He has written for Christianity Today and Religion News Service, and maintains a blog on everyday spiritual life, soulmailing.com.
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The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith.
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