EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....

EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...

EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....

I first started at the Bemidji (Minn.) Pioneer as an intern in the summer of 1996. That would begin six years as a news reporter, sports...

I first started at the Bemidji (Minn.) Pioneer as an intern in the summer of 1996. That would begin six years as a news reporter, sports...

I first started at the Bemidji (Minn.) Pioneer as an intern in the summer of 1996. That would begin six years as a news reporter, sports...

I first started at the Bemidji (Minn.) Pioneer as an intern in the summer of 1996. That would begin six years as a news reporter, sports...

In January 2020 I found myself in Galveston, Texas, for a newspaper convention. Thanks to the flight schedule I had one night to explore...

EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....

EDITOR'S NOTE: On Oct. 23, 2021, I was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and...

By Pastor Devlyn Brooks Just when you try your hardest to control the things in your life, God has many ways he throws at you to remind...

EDITOR'S NOTE: In October 2021 I began a new venture writing a newspaper column titled "Finding Faith" for the Forum Communications Co....

This isn't a story raving about our legendary meal at a legendary Omaha steakhouse. This is a story about our witnessing of a legendary...

I know better. But sheer hubris made me do it. Shelley and I took off from home today about 11 a.m., and headed toward Omaha, Neb., a...

This weekend, my brother and I and our two sons completed a 1,300-mile round-trip road trip to bring home a priceless family heirloom....

Not long before Shelley and I were to be wed in June 2013, my oldest friend whose friendship stretched all the way back to the first few...

For those of us who grew up in small towns in the Upper Midwest during a certain age, the term "supper club" evokes a certain memory. You...

My sweet Mama drilled into me as a child that if I didn't have anything nice to say ... then, well, I shouldn't say anything at all. But...

"You know what," Shelley said, as we sat snuggled into the couch at the cabin, watching a movie. "This ... was the perfect day." And she...

I stood on the end of the older of the two docks at the cabin, just myself and my fishing pole, and a small container of worms. Even...