Our church held its annual fall auction this past Sunday, an event organized and hosted by our women’s group nearly every year for nearly five...

Question: I have some new drivers in our house. We got talking the other day and they didn’t know what “hand signals” were. Can you write about...

With the annual Hollydazzle celebration right around the  corner it seemed appropriate to breakout a "Best of" column that ran November 27,...

There are three words many of us agonize over. I know I spent much of my lifetime doing so. They are words with great meaning and connotations and...

Here’s the revised text with the whimsical, reflective tone maintained:If you've ever lived in Minnesota, you know that November often ushers in...

The girl (or boy, as the case may be) couldn’t remember exactly when, but life became weary. It was a gradual development - so gradual she didn’t...

After all of the breathless headlines of two years of electioneering, you know where I saw the Holy Spirit in action on Tuesday?It wasn’t in the...

Question: I can’t help but notice but it seems like a lot of people are following each other too close out on the highways. It’s been many years...

Our country is in the midst of a monumental presidential election. I don’t have to tell you it’s been all-out war. But I put into the limelight a...

Ostensibly, the next time you read this column, we should know who our next president is.And by then, a portion of us will be terrified by the...

November is always a month packed with personal memories for me as a kid. I had to really scrimp and save before November because both my dad and...

Question: Every once in a while, I notice some vehicles stop in the road at the railroad tracks when nothing is coming. Can I pass them when they...

To tell the truth, I hadn’t thought of or even heard the word “turnip,” in nearly forever.My mother always had a huge garden and grew everything...

Given the spirit of the season, might I interest you in casting a fairly non-controversial vote? … A vote for the Holy Spirit?Let me explain: This...

Life is pretty good for me right now, but I wake most mornings yearning for more.Not more in things, but more in purpose. More in positive change...