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Faith

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

The practice of hope isn’t folly; it’s absolutely necessary

One of the greatest misunderstandings from those who question a life of faith is that they believe the practice of maintaining hope is nothing more than a folly by those who do not understand how the world works. … At best a childish fantasy, perhaps. In reality, however, those mature in ...

Faith Briefs for Jan. 16

2026 Education Contest announced Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court St. Joan of Arc, #1291 is sponsoring the local education contest for 2026. The themes for this year are: “The Least of These”: -— Matthew 25:40 or “The Least of These: Lifting Others Up.” Youth in grades 4 ...

Finding hope in the Star of Bethlehem

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 ICE agents a day later. The Christian observance of Epiphany celebrates the arrival of the magi who traveled a great distance to see the ...