Early in my ministry, I realized that the most significant days on the annual church calendar coincided with legal holidays. These were days off for many with regular jobs. Meanwhile, festive holidays...

I am writing today from the American Cancer Society’s Sandra J. Schulze Hope Lodge here in Rochester, Minnesota, right next to the Mayo Clinic medical complex. The late Sandra Schulze was the...

Hospice patient MaryAnn Stevens (left) visits with Gracie, a moyen poodle, and her owner, Patty Hauck. Photo by Ben Kopnick For many people, pets are a constant in a life full of change. Our pets are...

Currently “on tour” at Eden Prairie’s Pax Christi Catholic Community is a Heritage Edition of the Saint John’s Bible. Commissioned 25 years ago in 1998 and completed in 2011, the Saint John’s...

When we think of spring, we often think of all things bright and beautiful. We imagine the sweet smell of the warming earth and the sound of a bird’s melodious song. We dream about blooming flowers,...

Tony Dungy spoke during last year's "Arise With The Guys" event for men, which featured him and Ben Roethlisberger, the 2022 Uncommon Award Winner. Photo courtesy of Grace Church Eden Prairie's Grace...

My morning walk to the mailbox to get my newspaper is a favorite part of my wake-up routine all year around, especially when my timing is right to hear an early chorus of bird songs. Winter has been cold...

Children from HATS School celebrate Holi with an invocation on March 18. (From left) Viashnavi, Bailey, Sunaina, Mahi, Nicole, Risha, Seyash, Zaysha, Diva, Reyansh, Atharva, Neeva, and Sharva. Photo by...

(From left) Kishori Mohan, Deepika Jain, Vaibhav Agrawal, Aparna Agrawal, Ravindra Nagraj, Adhrit Ravindra, and Bharti Gupta recently celebrated Holi in Eden Prairie with joy and colorful "gulal" powder....

Now comes the 40-day annual season entered on Ash Wednesday by Christians, both Roman Catholics and Protestants. This season is historically intended for self-denial and prayer, worship, and service in...

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and in anticipation of Black History Month, I made the drive to Gustavus Adolphus College to take in a 90-minute conversation between Black English and African Studies Professor...

Decorating a saguaro cactus is a prickly undertaking, but with ladders and lifts, they do it each year all around the southwest’s Sonoran Desert. We traveled to Phoenix this Advent to spend...