Opinion

I am Fr. Anthony Cruz, the Parochial Vicar in St. Joseph’s Church in Devils Lake.

The intoxicating smell of fresh cut spring grass permeates the senses. Hand shears trim close to the granite markers, wreaths are laid at the graves. American flags adorn other graves. A handkerchief polishes the stone and sweeps away time.

The question of granting full statehood to Washington, D.C. has been a matter which has been debated and redebated off and on at length in various circles for at least the past six decades. The founders of our nation created the District of Columbia as the official national seat of…

This morning I woke up to the sound of rain! I had to listen twice to make sure I heard right. Such a blessing and answer to prayer. God is good! I can’t help but think the crops are breathing a sigh of relief this morning as they soak up…

The pace has been brisk as final preparations are made for Wishek’s 125th birthday this weekend. We’re calling it the 125th because quasquicentennial uses entirely too many letters. You have to be a 4X just to get it on a T-shirt.

Life lessons hit when you have no place to take cover. Frankly, they’re everywhere! You complain you need more shoes until you meet a man who lost his feet to diabetes or an incendiary device blew off his legs in a war he didn’t start. A lesson.

I caught an interview last weekend with author Juno Dawson about the recent banning of “This Book is Gay,” which they wrote in 2015 as a sex education book focused on helping LGBTQ and straight kids understand each other and themselves. Dawson is transgender.

It has been my belief for many years that had more women been directly involved throughout history in governing the planet, our world would be far better off than it is today. Men have dominated ruling the world for thousands of years and while the result of their rule is…

It’s so hard for me – so I can only fathom how difficult it is for you. I see you because I feel me. This isn’t a riddle. It’s just me acknowledging your autoimmune disease.

I don’t know her – but you likely do. We got to experience her the Sunday morning of the Devil’s Run Car Show in your city. I must mention her, whoever she is, because it felt to us as if we had unearthed an ancient dinosaur somewhere out west and…