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December 26, 1862

The State of Minnesota wants a half-section of land in Murray County to become once again what it was 200 years ago, when only Dakota

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“I Just Want to Be Forgiven”

Back in 2005 Christian Smith captured the functional religion of North American culture, especially among young people, with the term moralistic therapeutic deism. It is

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Give Me a Word

Kathleen Norris writes often about monks, monasteries, the vast plains of South Dakota, and assorted other largely unknown and misunderstood subjects. In 2008 she wrote

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I Just Need Someone

“Help me!” she called out. “Can someone please help me?” I was sitting in a community room of the long term care home where I

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The Poinsettia

This is the second year now I’ve bought a poinsettia from a student fundraising for a school trip. This is the second year I’ve put

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Expect These Cookies

When I was in between my final two years of university, a lovely Korean student named Sunyoung sublet one of the rooms in our creaky

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The Hunham Condition

Although I am not an expert in cinema, I have to believe that I am one of many people who count Alexander Payne as one

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