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"You don’t need to believe in the birth of Jesus to have hope, of course. But for billions of Christians worldwide on Sunday, we will light a candle symbolizing the hope that one day we can all agree to restore God’s creation, to feed the earth’s hungry, to clothe those who are naked and to care for the widow and orphan. "
How have we become so immune to the violence and how badly we’ve failed our kids? We now have sides that are so entrenched over the issue of gun violence in America, that the vast majority of reasonable people who find themselves uncomfortably in the middle feel there is no way through. After all, I’m just one person. What difference can I make?
"You don’t need to believe in the birth of Jesus to have hope, of course. But for billions of Christians worldwide on Sunday, we will light a candle symbolizing the hope that one day we can all agree to restore God’s creation, to feed the earth’s hungry, to clothe those who are naked and to care for the widow and orphan. "
The Rev. Dominique Buchholz said Minnesota State University Moorhead officials noticed last year, coming back from the COVID pandemic, that campus counseling resources were swamped. MSUM leaders wanted to fill this important void. So they brought on Buchholz as chaplain to provide free, confidential listening and spiritual care to anyone: students, faculty and staff.
"Faith Conversations" writer Roxane B. Salonen catches up with the Brooks family to learn how the former journalist switched roles in his new career as a pastor.