The older I get, the more I wish I would have paid attention to the naturalist writers of America’s 19th century 35 years ago in Mr. Hassler’s literature classes. Oh, Mr. Hassler did his best to grab the attention of a teenage boy’s mind, but unfortunately I was not mature enough to ...
First Lutheran receives LSS Servant of Christ Award Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota has recognized First Lutheran Church in Marshall as the 2026 LSS Servant of Christ Award recipient for the Southwestern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The LSS Servant of Christ Award honors congregations that are leaders in social ministry outreach or have contributed to addressing special needs in their community in extraordinary ways. The award is extended to one congregation in each of the six Minnesota synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of ...
Oh, I read the headlines just like everyone else does. I hear the news reports about the epic rise in our feelings of loneliness, our move toward isolationism for fear of our neighbor, that our distrust in anyone unlike us is skyrocketing. I don’t doubt the data, nor the conclusions the ...
It was 7:15 p.m. … Already 15 minutes late. But no more people were wandering in. Michael, our gracious and gifted musician who volunteered months ago to help reboot our shelter worship services after a years’ long hiatus, and I had made small talk long enough. “Well, there’s ...
NEW ULM — The Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm held its Corpus Christi Eucharist Procession Sunday. Members of the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus, The Knights of Columbus and Bishop Chad W. Zielinski led the procession from Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm down State Street to ...
As a kid, I dreaded going anywhere with Mom because inevitably she would find someone she’d connect with, and there would ensue a long conversation about things that did not entertain a youngster. Grocery store, post office, doctor’s office … didn’t matter. She found someone in which ...
