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Category: Guest Opinion

Casting light into the darkness

Posted on Dec 22, 2016Sep 7, 2017 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Casting light into the darkness

By Lisa Powell An Advent reflection can go a number of ways: the awaited apocalyptic second coming of Christ and …Read More

Christian hope rejoices even in darkness

Posted on Dec 15, 2016Dec 14, 2016 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Christian hope rejoices even in darkness

By Fr. Bud Grant A year that began with the last and greatest hope for international cooperation to address the …Read More

Re-visioning our ministry with youths

Posted on Dec 15, 2016Dec 14, 2016 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Re-visioning our ministry with youths

(Editor’s Note: The following letter on re-visioning ministry with youth is provided by Tom East and Don Boucher. It is …Read More

Are your grandparents lonely? Sharing God’s mercy this Christmas

Posted on Dec 8, 2016Dec 7, 2016 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Are your grandparents lonely? Sharing God's mercy this Christmas

By Sr. Constance Veit, l.s.p. In the past few weeks I’ve been asked to speak about loneliness in the elderly …Read More

What is the hope to which we are called?

Posted on Nov 24, 2016Nov 23, 2016 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
What is the hope to which we are called?

By Corrine Winter Happy New Year! This Sunday we start a new liturgical year as we celebrate the season of …Read More

President-elect Trump and climate change

Posted on Nov 17, 2016Nov 16, 2016 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
President-elect Trump and climate change

By Fr. Bud Grant The next president of the United States has said that he would “cancel” President Obama’s executive …Read More

The Reformation and unity

Posted on Oct 27, 2016Oct 26, 2016 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
The Reformation and unity

By Corrine Winter When I was working on my BA in English at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, at about …Read More

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