
Newest from the Blog
One Word for 2026: Behold!
Since 2008, I’ve been choosing a word at the top of each new year to lead me into the next 12 months, but I struggled a while with this year’s word. Soul Matters is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. As I watched…
Latest from the Blog
Living Faith: Charlie, Flannery drew large, startling figures
In the summer of 2014, I traveled to the Deep South with two fellow faith writers. We northerners had embarked on this adventure to uncover the mystique behind a writer we admired, but who’d left…
Continue Reading Living Faith: Charlie, Flannery drew large, startling figures
Living Faith: Tornadoes, storms reveal life’s vulnerability
Stressful situations tend to bring out aspects of our nature that might otherwise be hidden. For instance, when I’m planning my attire for plane trips, I always think, “What would I want to be wearing…
Continue Reading Living Faith: Tornadoes, storms reveal life’s vulnerability
Living Faith: Is Jordan Peterson converting, waffling or still a skeptic?
In February 2024, well-known Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson came to the Scheel’s Arena to promote his book, “We Who Wrestle with God” and have a discussion, attracting a sizable crowd here in the Fargo-Moorhead area.…
Continue Reading Living Faith: Is Jordan Peterson converting, waffling or still a skeptic?
Living Faith: My graduate was but a speck in the vastness
Roxane Salonen’s son Adam graduated from NDSU on May 17. The last time I’d been at a college graduation was fall 1991 at my husband’s at Minnesota State University Moorhead, a semester after my spring…
Continue Reading Living Faith: My graduate was but a speck in the vastness
Living Faith: Where were you when Pope Leo was named?
Where were you during the moon landing in 1969? On Sept. 11, 2001, when the first plane crashed? In March 2020 when toilet paper disappeared? Each generation has its own “Where were you…?” memories marking…
Continue Reading Living Faith: Where were you when Pope Leo was named?

Hello friend! Welcome to Peace Garden Passage. I pray your visit brings refreshment. Blessings & peace! Roxane
Share this:
- Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
- Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
- Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
- Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
- Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
- Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
- Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn





