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Reflections
Nature and the Lenten Season: Grapes and the Mystical Winepress
Hazel Jordan
April 1, 2026
Nature and the Lenten Season: The Palm Tree
Hazel Jordan
March 25, 2026
Nature and the Lenten Season: The Olive Tree
Hazel Jordan
March 18, 2026
Nature and the Lenten Season: The Fig Tree
Hazel Jordan
March 11, 2026
Nature and the Lenten Season: Reeds
Hazel Jordan
March 4, 2026
Animals at the Manger: Sheep
Hazel Jordan
December 23, 2025
Animals at the Manger: Camel
Hazel Jordan
December 16, 2025
Animals at the Manger: Oxen
Hazel Jordan
December 9, 2025
Animals at the Manger: Donkey
Hazel Jordan
December 2, 2025
Small Towns. Big Smiles: The Faithful Witness of Rural Youth
Fr. Jim Schmitmeyer
October 20, 2025
A Channel of Peace: Fr. Targonski's Journey of Healing In God's Creation
Hazel Jordan
October 2, 2025
Enjoying God’s Creation
Kaycee Monnens Cortner
May 28, 2024
How to Overcome the Feeling of Isolation
Kaycee Monnens Cortner
March 20, 2024
The Dignity of Work
Dr. Carmina Chapp
March 4, 2024
The Distinction of Rural Evangelization
Dr. Susan Windley-Daoust
February 23, 2024
Navigating the Challenges of Mass Attendance in a Rural Area
Kaycee Monnens Cortner
February 21, 2024
Ignorance of Agriculture is Ignorance of Scripture (Part 1 & Part 2)
Tim Streiff
August 3, 2022
Weeds and Life
Dr. John Cuddeback
February 2, 2022
Crafting the Human by Slaughtering a Pig
Dr. John Cuddeback
January 19, 2022
"Respite" Poem
Teresa Mottet
August 18, 2021
The Legacy of Fr. Graham Golden
James Ennis
June 2, 2021
Growing French Fries
Karin Clemens Costa
April 26, 2021
Preserving Our Common Story
James Ennis
March 24, 2021
Hillside Castle
Sandy Anderson
February 3, 2021
From the Archives: "Pets Are Important"
Grace V. Schillinger
January 21, 2021
Confessions of a Rural Music Director
Liese Peterson
August 19, 2020
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