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Thumbs Up, Zach!
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Thinking it Over
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Wuthering Heights Movie
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On Being a 12
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A Few Nudwestern Maxims
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Lest We Forget
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One-Armed Man at the Concert
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Lessons from the Lucerne Lion
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The Old Man Hits the Deck
by Garrison Keillor (Jan 22, 2026)

I awoke in Carson City, Nevada, with a bump on my head, unable to move my left arm and my face was scratched and my left shin hurt…


A Tarnished Crown
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 17, 2026)

Note the cross in the background of the tarnished crown…


Watching the World Fall Apart
by Garrison Keillor (Jan 15, 2026)

Disaster strikes and people wake up the next morning and have breakfast…


A New Year's Prayer
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 10, 2026)

It’s a new year and a new opportunity to trust God…


Watching the Ball Drop
by Garrison Keillor (Jan 8, 2026)

A man gets a keener sense of the divine in a church speaking a foreign language…


A New Year's Bridge
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Jan 2, 2026)

Inspiration from a wooden bridge in Lucerne…


The Blessing of Christmas Pickles
by Garrison Keillor (Jan 1, 2026)

Wwhen I got home I got out a fresh jar of dill pickles, which I find can be good at interrupting the blues if caught in its early stages…


God Has a Plan for the New Year
by James N. Watkins (Jan 1, 2026)

Some predictions inspired by the Christmas story…


The 365 Days of Chrstmas
by James N. Watkins (Dec 26, 2025)

The season of peace on earth, goodwill toward men was over for another year—carefully packed away with Nativity sets, strings of lights and artificial trees…


The Simple Gifts of CHristmas
by Garrison Keillor (Dec 25, 2025)

When you’ve heard a string of audiences in dim light sing about the manger and the silent night, your heart is full…


The Post of Christmas Past
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Dec 25, 2025)

A Christmas morning memory…


Listening for the Baby's Cry
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Dec 20, 2025)

This yera's Feast Day of St. Nicholas had special meaning for Greg and his family…


Returning to a Generous Place
by Garrison Keillor (Dec 18, 2025)

You can’t argue with luck, you just ride along…


Nvidia CEO's Consuming Anxiety
by Rusty Wright (Dec 17, 2025)

Are there solutions?…


Sing We of Christ
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Dec 13, 2025)

An Advent hymn…


Back Home to Minnesota
by Garrison Keillor (Dec 11, 2025)

I grew up in Minnesota and my parents gave me an easy childhood, since they had come through hard times…


The Penny: In Memoriam
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Dec 6, 2025)

The 1952 wheat penny was minted the year the poet was born…


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Retirement
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Finding new audiences…


Modern Religion
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Finding God or making God in our image?…


Truly Offensive Four-Letter Words
by James N. Watkins (Aug 4, 2023)

The classic movie 'A Christmas Story,' reminds us that there are even dirtier words…


New Life
by Rusty Wright (Oct 28, 2016)

Real love, real life…


Blackboard History
reported by Stu Johnson (Aug 10, 2015)

An Oklahoma school discovered a literal time capsule when a remodeling project uncovered slate blackboards with lessons from 1917…


CHRISTmas
by Dan Seagren (Dec 24, 2017)

Remembering the Person at the heart of the season…


Exploring Cohousing
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Looking at housing options, starting with cohousing…


Morning News
by Dan Seagren (Aug 16, 2015)

I suppose not a few like to start the day with good news. Good luck…


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A problem that often increases with age…


Wonderful Words
submitted by Stu Johnson (Jan 27, 2020)

…that take a whole sentence to convey in English…


Generosity
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It's more than money…


Grace
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The believer's gift to a Covid-crazed world…


Health Care
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Health-care reform will not be pain free…

Pray Without Ceasing: How?
Submitted by Stu Johnson (Feb 9, 2016)

Kathryn Jean Lopez interviews Gary Jansen on developing a transformational prayer life…


The Four-Way Test
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Oct 10, 2020)

Rotary's core values in rhyme…


Memorial Day Prayer
by Walt Wilson (May 25, 2015)

A prayer for Memorial Day


Music in the Mall (and Elsewhere)
compiled by Stu Johnson (Dec 8, 2015)

Videos of flash mobs and other performances to help brighten your holiday season. . . (See 2018 version for latest updates)


'Sanctity of Life' from womb to tomb
by James N. Watkins (Jan 22, 2016)

Going beyond today's 'Right to Life' march…


Judge Judy and the Supremes
by Stu Johnson (Feb 1, 2016)

Some people think she is a Supreme Court justice…



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