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The annual pancake supper was my favorite event when I was a kid in the 1950s and 1960s at our little church in Loyd, Wisconsin. The cows were milked earlier

“In all of my life I have never met a person who was more Christ-like than Laurinda Hampton.”

There once was a man who had two sons. He loved them both dearly until he learned that the eldest was gay.

Have you had a mystical experience that involves a beloved horse? Did it occur while your horse was alive or after death? Those who love horses will recognize these as

Ernie Vohland was the baker in Montello, Wisconsin, when – fresh out of seminary – I was appointed in 1978 to serve as pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church. He

In the last two churches I served we offered an early Christmas Eve service one week before Christmas. That was for people in the community who were, for any number

I was 7 years old in 1958 – the same age as my grandson, Leonard, is now – when I asked the big Communion question in the barn while helping

Every church has at least one soul who embodies the Christ light like no other. If you cannot imagine who that might be in your congregation, maybe it’s you.

Those who have prayed desperately for a child know how Chris Drollinger of suburban Milwaukee was feeling the day when she received a peculiar reassuring message. Chris shared her story

WHITELAW, Wis. – Bruce Klemm rose one morning in October 2022 and sang a song to his wife, Virginia – as he had done every morning of the 42 years