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Hello friend! Welcome to Peace Garden Passage. I pray your visit brings refreshment. Blessings & peace! Roxane
In childhood, I learned to ignore the elephant that frequently cowered in the corner of our house. But the more I dismissed it, the larger it seemed to grow, often spilling into every room until I felt like I couldn’t breathe. Overcoming the dysfunctions of old has been a lifelong effort, but over time, and…
Continue Reading Living Faith: Holidays meant to be time for family unity
Jodi Huisentruit is pictured with Roxane Salonen’s mother-in-law, Bev Salonen, and sister-in-law Kelly (Salonen) Torguson some time in the summer of 1993 at the Mall of America. Recently, I shared with some of our children…
Continue Reading Living Faith: Where’s Jodi Huisentruit (and why care)?
Local girl’s voice debuts on popular prayer app Bob and Josie Noel of Moorhead had a bedtime routine of listening to the “Saints Alive” production on a prayer app called Hallow and Josie was recently…
Even as I write, roads are closing and I’ve had to surrender my travel plans. There are few signs of life on the white, cold ground, and certainly, no dandelions. Nevertheless, I’m calling on dandelions…
Continue Reading Sidewalk Stories: Could a humble dandelion help win the culture?
I learned about Tony Bender’s Nov. 24 death through a friend’s late-afternoon text. It was a Monday — deadline day — and I was too burrowed in my work to notice any happenings beyond my…
Continue Reading Living Faith: The deaths of two local men brings reflection
Pope Francis recently invited Catholics and all people of good will to step into hope, announcing 2025 as a Jubilee Year, borrowing these words from the great evangelist St. Paul: “Hope does not disappoint.” Jubilee…
Continue Reading Living Faith: Jubilee year prompts reflection on injustices
Hello friend! Welcome to Peace Garden Passage. I pray your visit brings refreshment. Blessings & peace! Roxane