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Crockpot Spirituality

When my daughter was three years old, she asked me if she could do something. “You’ll have to wait until your get bigger,” I told her. She paused for a moment, looked me in the eye and said, “Tomorrow I will be bigger.” Many people have the same mindset when it comes to their spiritual growth. They...

I Was Thinking... Why Flowers?

This spring in Kasson, one of the busiest businesses was Houston’s greenhouse. But they aren’t unique. People that live in an area where a good portion of the year is spent in snow and cold, are very eager to frequent any place that has a stock of green and growing things, and especially flowers....

Must reading for every American

Every American should read Case File 23-80101-CR-Cannon/Reinhart, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, USA v. Donald J. Trump & Waltine Nauta. It is the Trump indictment file relating how Trump (after the end of his term in office) and persons (with no security clearance of any...

Trust fund tackles problem of affordable housing

It may not be in plain view, but homelessness affects people in southeast Minnesota, including Dodge County. Across 20 southeast Minnesota counties, this area has the third highest number of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Some have disabilities, others are experiencing domestic...

I Was Thinking.. A Construction Conundrum

For the last couple of years, Kasson has been the center point of road construction. Last year a six-block area was closed all summer as new water and sewer lines were laid beneath a wider and redesigned Mantorville Ave. This spring a couple new segments are also undergoing a total revamp. The old...

Mama God

“For thus says the Lord... As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.” (Isaiah 66:12a,13 NRSV Bible) We have a five-month-old grandchild in our lives, our first. Recently, he was sick with his first high fever. He was achy and congested and very,...

I Was Thinking... I Love Sports, But

It’s a strange time of year for sports. Even though it is early June, professional basketball and hockey are still finishing their seasons while 1/3 of the baseball season is already over. On a recent Sunday I could watch two USFL football games if I didn’t want to watch college softball, lacrosse...

Keeping kids safe online must be priority

Recently, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report warning about the negative impacts of social media on children’s mental health, saying that it presents a profound risk of harm. The advisory also urged social media companies to help parents with the burden of managing the effects of social...

Dangers of using social media when hiring employees

“She’s too attractive, don’t hire her. She will cause all kinds of sexual harassment problems”, was said by an operations supervisor to me when I was a Human Resource Manager. The statement was made after the Ops manager had reviewed the applications the HR department had provided him after HR had...

Take time to smile, say ‘hi’ to those you meet

“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near.” Revelation 1: 3 Dear friends and members of our area Dodge County Communities: It truly is spring. Yay! Some of us, have been really waiting...