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Hello friend! Welcome to Peace Garden Passage. I pray your visit brings refreshment. Blessings & peace! Roxane
Latter Rain Ministries ‘no longer homeless’ Latter Rain Ministries pastor Gloria Shields and husband Paul are seen in the church’s sanctuary on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. FARGO — The Rev. Gloria Shields had lived in Chicago most of her life and didn’t plan to ever leave. That is, until the Lord spoke. “God let us…
In the hours after the election, many of the disappointed responded with fits of rage and confusion. While I don’t have the power to reframe the narrative to convince the disheartened that we’re not heading…
Continue Reading Living Faith: In election woes, ‘Incline the ear of the heart’
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…
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?
Hello friend! Welcome to Peace Garden Passage. I pray your visit brings refreshment. Blessings & peace! Roxane