It seems cruel to be writing about loss again so soon. But this week we said goodbye to our oldest dog, Gus Gus, after a short fight against...

Last week I had the opportunity to offer a thank you more than 30 years overdue. I was invited back to my hometown to present a lifetime legacy...

Friends, this week my prayer for you is that you feel the Holy Spirit’s peace descend upon you.I found myself this week in need of seeking the same...

Meagan Quinn doesn’t consider herself to be a crazy, radical, leftie activist.The 32-year-old St. Paul, Minn., resident and small business owner,...

Friends, when’s the last time you checked in on your loved ones?No, I mean really checked in!I’d forgotten the importance of this great big...

It’s hard not to ponder the horrific irony in the timing of this year’s Epiphany feast celebrated Jan. 6, and the killing of a Minneapolis woman by...

Google what Americans’ top resolutions are for 2026, and you’ll find all the usual suspects at the top of the list: lose weight, exercise more, eat...

“No, sir, it's a donation,” the kind woman said with a comforting smile. “Thank you for all your staff does.”Christmas Eve morning I had stopped...

Comfortably slumped in an uncomfortable wooden chair, listening to the four young adults joyfully singing Christmas carols in the corner of the...

As a pastor who lives in a state that is home to as many as 84,000 people who are of Somalia descent, hearing our president call them “garbage”...

This past week, the Christian calendar entered the season of Advent, and depending upon who you ask, you might hear an entirely different...

I think what most of us get wrong about gratitude is we believe the source of our gratitude emanates from things, both tangible and intangible,...

This weekend America is wrapping up “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week,” an annual recognition held the week before Thanksgiving “to draw...

The other morning I hopped into my Ford F150 to start the day.When the onboard computer systems were a go, and the radio fired up, my SiriusXM was...

I think that one of the most challenging aspects of living a life of faith is the realization that everything in this earthly life we know is so …...