Faith

By Jake Heppner, Southbrook Baptist Church Forgiveness is truly a divine characteristic – without God’s help, total forgiveness seems like an impossible task because the hurts and wrongs from others seems to grow roots deep within our hearts and thoughts. Joseph continues to...

Churches throughout the lakes area will observe the World Day of Prayer (WDP) this Friday. The origins of WDP date back to the 19th century when Christian women of the United States and Canada initiated a variety of cooperative activities in support of women's involvement in the...

One of the most difficult tasks for a human to do is to take on the divine characteristic of forgiveness. As we journey through this life, there are people - either individuals or groups - who do us wrong. Everyone gets hurt or gets treated unfairly or gets offended, and our human...

Not fair! These are two words every kid knows how to shout when their playground rights have been infringed upon, but you've probably seen an increase in the word "unfair" in a lot of news headlines as well in recent days - Super Bowl forums found the lights delay "unfair," political...

The placement of Christian references on memorial plaques that could be included in a future veteran's memorial was the focus of discussion during a Wadena Park Advisory Board meeting this week. The Veteran's Memorial Committee and Wadena Park Advisory Board members raised differing...

Many of us enjoy pastimes that utilize "aim." Horseshoes, golf, shooting pool, basketball, tennis, shuffleboard, darts, competition shooting, hockey, croquet, bowling; many recreational pastimes that pit both the strategy and coordination of participants in competition. The best aim...

Sometimes a person has to speak out publicly in defense of the human rights of a group of people. I am speaking about lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender people in general and about good friends and family members in particular. Every LGBT person I know is someone's brother or...

Rob and Kathy Blanchette, recently retired school teachers with a passion for music, will be performing Sunday morning at Wadena Assembly of God, said a press release sent to the Pioneer Journal. Rob and Kathy have been together performing since high school days, and have played...

A same-sex marriage is not just like any other wedding ceremony. Diandra Gallagher of Fargo suggested otherwise in her editorial that was printed in the Aug. 4, 2012 issue of the Wadena Pioneer Journal. Why isn't it like any other wedding? Because it is not a union of a man and...

Using the Bible to advance a political agenda is nothing new--it has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination, prejudice and evil acts. According to the Rev. Allen Refsland's column, "God's law establishes marriage", printed in last week's Wadena Pioneer Journal, it would...

Growing up, my family had a black and white console television that only got two channels. I remember the TV being on from early morning until late at night when the test pattern screen came on as the network went off the air. It was Mom who used the TV for background noise to...

Vacation Bible School will be held at Nimrod Lutheran Church in Nimrod August 6-10 from 6-8:30 p.m. For more information, call 218-639-9801 or 218-837-5565.

Members of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bertha will hold their parish festival and dinner Aug. 12, according to a press release sent to the Pioneer Journal. Turkey, ham, homemade au gratin potatoes, salads, buns, homemade pie and beverages are on the menu from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30...