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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. As I watched the…
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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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Hello friend! Welcome to Peace Garden Passage. I pray your visit brings refreshment. Blessings & peace! Roxane
