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Hello friend! Welcome to Peace Garden Passage. I pray your visit brings refreshment. Blessings & peace! Roxane
In the July 5 episode of my Matters of Soul Importance podcast , I asked Mark Jorritsma of the nonpartisan North Dakota Family Alliance, “Is patriotism dead?” Responding to our growing reluctance to honor the flag, he said: “If we’re only going to salute the flag when we agree with everything our country has done…that’s myopic.” I…
As my writing schedule has become more demanding, I’ve had less time to spend writing blog posts for Peace Garden Passage; so many of my posts now are repeats of the work I’m doing for…
Continue Reading National Eucharistic Congress Pilgrimage Day 1: Mundelein Seminary (July 16)
I’d never been to St. Louis, so when I learned that the 2024 National Federation of Press Women conference and awards ceremony would be there, my itch to go grew. My two adult daughters’ willingness…
Continue Reading Living Faith: Spiritual takeaways from my visit to St. Louis
Wendy Gerlach talks about her faith and how it affects her photography business. MOORHEAD — When she was around age nine, Wendy Gerlach received her first camera as a gift. It wasn’t anything fancy, just…
Continue Reading Faith Conversations: Wendy Gerlach – An eye for the Creator’s creation
Answering, “What is a man?” on my Matters of Soul Importance podcast recently , Rob Marco concluded that, while women harbor and protect life, men “go into the world to meet death.” This provocative, but truthful, statement…
Continue Reading Living Faith: What is a father? (Mark Armstrong’s life-giving legacy of love)
Stepheny Verhoeven and Tina Bender smile together at First United Methodist Church on Thursday, May 30, 2024. FARGO – Stepheny Verhoeven had been clean and sober a solid year when she got into her car…
Continue Reading Faith Conversations: Trading in the box of addiction for Christ’s love
Hello friend! Welcome to Peace Garden Passage. I pray your visit brings refreshment. Blessings & peace! Roxane