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

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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

Faith

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.

Buddy check! How are those you love doing?

Faith

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

Faith

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 ...

Campus Notes for Jan. 20

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UMN Crookston announces chancellor’s list The University of Minnesota Crookston announced students who were named to the fall 2025 chancellor’s list. To qualify for the chancellor’s list, students must complete 12 or more letter-graded (A-F) credits while attaining a 4.0 grade-point average. Local students on the chancellor’s list include  Annabel Coudron and Ruby Kuecker, both of Marshall. Bowyer named to dean’s list at UMN Crookston Lauren Bowyer of Ivanhoe was named to the fall 2025 dean’s list at University of Minnesota Crookston. To qualify for the dean’s list, ...

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

Faith

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 their faith understand this: Living into hope is a divine act of perseverance, a conscious effort to acknowledge one’s own -- and others! -- suffering and transforming into a fuel that feeds their courage to hold on for a better day. … A brighter day! Hope is the antithesis of despair; hope ...