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Reflections: Two lessons from a weed

“What’s this?” asked my friend as she started cleaning behind an end table in my living room. I looked her direction only to see her pull up a slim but nearly bare stem of a plant that was over 5 feet long! There were many “branches” at the end of this stem so it appeared to be a root system looking for a place to secure itself. I was surprised (and embarrassed) to see such a thing in my living room but I had not been able to get behind furniture to clean for several months after my back surgery. I expected lots of dust bunnies but not a living root system! We followed the ...

Stations of the Cross

Two seventh-graders from Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church are looking forward to their roles in performances of the 14 Stations of the Cross. The Faith Formation group will be putting on a performance of the 14 Stations of the Cross on March 20 and March 24. Both performances will take ...

Reflections: Finding perfect love this Valentine’s Day

Everyone needs to feel loved and treasured, so with Valentine’s Day near, I’ve been pondering how God’s love can fill us, especially when those around us sometimes fail to fulfill our needs for love. Of course, how the world views love is very different from how God demonstrates His love toward us. So, let’s look at God’s love letter to find out how He shows us His love. God longs to comfort us with great tenderness. “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her ...

Reflections: Who are you?

A few years ago, I was surprised by an email that showed up in my inbox, yet I trusted it since it came through the company that tested my DNA. The email started out with an introduction from someone I didn’t know saying that he had been working on his family tree for years, but was very surprised to receive information that our DNA indicated that we shared grandparents! He ended by asking, “But, who are you?” I explained that I had received information from my adoption agency concerning my birth mother and that I had met an aunt and 2 sisters. Then he told me that he was a ...

Hope in midst of sorrow

The attack came swiftly as the Babylonians plundered Jerusalem. The Temple, designed by God and built by Solomon, was destroyed and the city was systematically burned while most residents were taken captive as slaves. This event took place around 587 BCE (Before Christian Era). The people of Israel, whom God had rescued from slavery in Egypt and led through the wilderness to a better land where they would not be slaves, had been unfaithful. Instead of continuing to follow the God who had led them personally for 40 years, they began to worship the false gods of other countries and ...

Nontraditional worship service to be held Nov. 12

Lutheran Campus Ministry at Minot State University (LCM) will host a nontraditional worship service for those wanting to spiritually connect in an alternative way. “Our local churches do an amazing job at providing a rich faith life for their people, yet I also know that some folks in town have had really difficult experiences at some point in their lives that can make it hard to trust going back into a church building again,” said LCM Campus Pastor Rachel Simonson. “Our hope is to create an alternative space for people looking to find connection within a non-traditional faith ...