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Faith Briefs for Feb. 6

CDA meeting Monday The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court #1291 will be having their meeting in Carlin Hall after the 5:30 p.m. Mass Monday at Holy Redeemer. They are having their wine, cheese and cracker party. St. Mary’s youth group chili and soup supper Feb. 11 St. Mary’s youth group in Cottonwood will be hosting their annual chili and soup supper plus silent auction on from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11. Choices include chili, potato or vegetable beef plus homemade dessert and a beverage. Free-will offering. Take-outs are available. Check out the silent auction ...

No, they’re not all professionally paid, crazy activists in the streets

Meagan Quinn doesn’t consider herself to be a crazy, radical, leftie activist. The 32-year-old St. Paul resident and small business owner, said that wanting her most vulnerable neighbors to have access to food, an assurance of their human rights and an assumption their loved ones aren’t going to be kidnapped off the street … well, that doesn’t seem all that radical to her. Quinn, who also previously lived in Minneapolis for 10 years, says she became active in social justice issues a decade ago after police shot and killed Philando Castile in St. Anthony, a suburb of the Twin ...

Faith Briefs for Jan. 30

Night of Cornerstone Wednesday Night of Cornerstone will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cornerstone Church at 202 North Fourth Street. The Night of Cornerstone is an opportunity for adults and children and is on the first Wednesday of every month. Night of Cornerstone is a time for worship, prayer and fellowship, with a special program for children.

Faith Forum

Response to ‘Submitting to Authorities’ letter “Why should we submit to authorities?” Really?! It feels so wide of the mark to use the Bible to justify what is happening in our country and our state in this moment. I really don’t see how anyone can justify the actions taken by the Trump administration and DHS against American citizens. The author of the faith forum piece from January 16th quotes Romans 13:1-5, which suggests that if we don’t want to live in fear of the government, then people should just submit to the government’s will. Let me ask the author and readers ...

Buddy check! How are those you love doing?

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 interwoven web of creation until this week when in one day(!) I had four people, from widely varying aspects of my life, ask me how I was doing. And more importantly, after I had issued the perfunctory and very Midwest-esque response of “Great! Doing fine!” to each of them, they asked again, “No, how are you really doing?” They were gracious about it, but they didn’t let me off the hook with a platitude. Each in their very own ...

Faith Forum

Submitting to authorities Why should we submit to authorities? The Bible explains it very well. In Romans 13: 1- 5 it says “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God established. Consequently, he who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do not do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and good. But if you do wrong, be ...