This past weekend our synod held its annual assembly. Hundreds of Lutherans journeying across northwest Minnesota to a Lutheran liberal arts college in my hometown, our...

My friends, we are soon entering my favorite season of the liturgical calendar: Pentecost! Oh, I know that probably doesn’t sound very Lutheran of...

What is your superpower?No seriously! … While I’m not talking X-ray vision or flying, what I mean is: What superpower did our creator endow you...

But then there is also joy, isn’t there.This earthly life has a tendency to weigh on us, doesn't it? After all, the constant media barrage we...

Our brother Dustan passed quickly and unexpectedly the day after Palm Sunday this past week, giving new meaning to Good Friday for our family.It...

The importance of Easter to Christians cannot be understated.After all, the festival commemorates the day that Jesus rose from the dead, conquering death and offering...

This weekend, Christians worldwide will celebrate Palm Sunday, the first of many milestones of Holy Week, the period leading up to Easter and Jesus’ resurrection. This is...

FLORIANAssumption Catholic ChurchFather Luis BuitronThursday, April 17: 6 p.m. MassSunday, April 20: 8:30 a.m. MassThursday, April 24: 6 p.m. MassGREENBUSHBlessed Sacrament...

“Do you take hugs,” my friend Shannon asked. Admittedly a bit surprised, I stretched my arms wide and with a grin said, “Absolutely!”And there we...

“Do you take hugs,” my friend Shannon asked. Admittedly a bit surprised, I stretched my arms wide and with a grin said, “Absolutely!”And there we...

FLORIANAssumption Catholic ChurchFather Luis BuitronThursday, April 10: 6 p.m. MassSunday, April 13: 8:30 a.m. MassThursday, April 17: 6 p.m. MassGREENBUSHBlessed Sacrament...

One of the things as a faithful person that I find the most difficult to do is just to check my ego and desire to “control” so much and rather just...

Is there anything more joyful than the excited buzz of fellowship taking place at the opening of a Sunday morning worship service?I generally start all of my Sunday morning...

FLORIANAssumption Catholic ChurchFather Luis BuitronThursday, March 27: 6 p.m. MassFriday, March 28: 6 p.m. MassSaturday, March 29: 5 p.m. MassThursday, April 3: 6 p.m....

Becoming intimate friends with a man and his family during a short, two-hour concert seems crazy, right?The kind of friends who regularly check in,...