Opinion

  • St. Olaf Lutheran Church Pastor Lori Pankratz’s sermon on Matthew 28: 16 – 20

    St. Olaf Lutheran Church Pastor Lori Pankratz’s sermon on Matthew 28: 16 – 20

    The eleven went to Galilee because Jesus told them to go. That is how the Church begins: not with vision, strategy, enthusiasm or moral energy, but with a Word from outside itself.


  • Church Page Reflection: Sure

    Church Page Reflection: Sure

    This is not going to be an article about homeschooling, or the passage of time, or how quickly children grow up, but my oldest child graduated from high school last weekend.


  • Editorial cartoons: Data Centers & D-Day

    Editorial cartoons: Data Centers & D-Day

    Joe Heller is a Wisconsin-based editorial cartoonist who distributes his cartoons to over 300 newspapers through Heller Syndication.


  • Trump is forcing coal pollution on consumers and communities

    Trump is forcing coal pollution on consumers and communities

    Has your family consumed its lump of coal today?


  • Opinion: Taxation

    Opinion: Taxation

    Taxes are something most people grumble about on a regular basis. We have all heard the saying attributed to Benjamin Franklin, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”There are all kinds of taxes. Some are more regressive because they are levied not based…


  • Reflection, opinion: Impoverished

    Reflection, opinion: Impoverished

    There are many kinds of poverty.


  • Editorial cartoons: Allergies and UFOs

    Editorial cartoons: Allergies and UFOs

    Joe Heller is a Wisconsin-based editorial cartoonist who distributes his cartoons to over 300 newspapers through Heller Syndication.


  • An Assault on Democracy, An Insult to the People

    An Assault on Democracy, An Insult to the People

    Once again, our legislators are wasting the taxpayers, time and money by putting forth two ballot measures with two subjects the voters have defeated numerous times. Measure one, on the June ballot, is the single subject measure. It is an underhanded way to destroy the people’s right to self-govern. It…


  • Don’t Overlook the June 9 Primary Election

    Don’t Overlook the June 9 Primary Election

    Thomas Jefferson said “We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” On June 9th North Dakota will conduct its statewide Primary election. If the past is any indication, “the majority who participate” as Jefferson mentions, may only be 11% of eligible North…


  • Reflection: Sharing God’s Bounty in all Creation

    Reflection: Sharing God’s Bounty in all Creation

    It’s been a long wait for summer-like weather, but it’s finally come and we rejoice in it immensely. All God’s Creation has come alive and we would be remiss if we don’t get outside and take in the newness of the last few days of Spring and the life-giving breath…


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