FLORIANAssumption Catholic ChurchFather Luis BuitronSunday, August 3: 10:30 a.m. MassThursday, August 7: 6 p.m. Daily Mass GREENBUSHBlessed Sacrament CatholicFather George...

The other night I was fortunate to sit in on a band jam as it practiced for an upcoming event at a local church.My friend, Todd, invited me as he...

The other day I stopped by our tax guy’s office, and not surprisingly a Bible study discussion broke out.This isn’t the opening line to a bad joke I’m workshopping for my...

A good portion of the pastor in me wants to be outraged this week.Coming back from a Fourth of July break to read about the goings on in...

When was the last time that you scooped up a handful of lake water? Felt the cool, refreshment of one of nature’s most vital gifts?When was the last time you got your nose...

The other night I was leaving work, just as the evening sun was taking its turn downward. Another 12 hour day at the emergency shelter, a typical...

We are living in the most politically violent period in our country since the deadly 1960s.Assassinations, shootings, physical and verbal...

I’ve written about our 3-year-old husky mix rescue before. About his anxieties which make him seem less than friendly, and frankly which have inspired a curse word or two...

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...