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- By Pastor Ann Zastrow, Grace Lutheran Church, LuverneMarch 01, 2022Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. In the Christian church, this is a season of 40 days (not including Sundays), beginning Ash Wednesday (this year March 2) and ending Easter Saturday (this year April 16). It is a season of penitence, repentance, and reflection. On Ash Wednesday, ashes are put on the forehead, in the shape of a cross, the pastor reminding us, “…
- By Pastor Bob Junak, Rock River Community Church, LuverneFebruary 22, 2022My father was killed in an accident when I was 11 years old. My mother was never a happy person prior to his death, so you can imagine what she was like after. As I grew older, she never gave me a single compliment or any encouragement. It wasn’t until one of my high school teachers encouraged me and helped me plan my future. That was the first time I could remember anybody helping me. I didn’t…
- February 22, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Pastor Andrew Palmquist, Bethany Lutheran Church, LuverneFebruary 15, 2022February is often referred to as the “Month of Love” – a month filled with red roses, boxed chocolates, special Valentine’s dinners, and don’t forget Cupid, with his quiver of arrows. And while all of these things are associated with love, do they really express true love? They might … but then again, they might not. There is a story that comes from the time of Oliver Cromwell in England. A young…
- February 15, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, St. John Lutheran Church, LuverneFebruary 08, 2022The cover of Time magazine dated April 8, 1966, posed the question, “Is God Dead?” The idea was that humanity had outgrown its need for God. It was a controversial position, but it wasn’t new. Since the Garden of Eden, humankind has, in sinful pride, tried to separate itself from its Creator, to become self-sufficient and inwardly focused. Just over ten years ago, on April 25, 2011, Time ran…
- February 08, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- February 01, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Pastor Walt Moser, First Baptist Church, LuverneFebruary 01, 2022If understanding everything is a prerequisite to belief, you will never believe. Jesus’ fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies is nothing short of breathtaking. In at least 322 places, Jewish prophets, who wrote hundreds of years before Jesus’ birth, predicted details about the coming Messiah’s life. He would be born in Bethlehem, from the tribe of Judah and the lineage of David, flee to Egypt…
- By Pastor Jeremy Wiersema, Reformed Church of SteenJanuary 25, 2022If I had my way, we would have more snow, but never any ice. If I had my way, siblings wouldn’t fight no matter how old they are. If I had my way, families would spend more time together. If I had my way, kids would graduate college and want to come back and live around home. If I had my way, everyone would believe in Jesus. Since I am a pastor, if I had my way, everyone would go to church every…
- January 25, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Pastor Nita Parker, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, HillsJanuary 18, 2022Blessings to all of you in the new year. Isaiah 43: “1But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame…
- January 18, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- January 11, 2022St. Catherine Catholic Church 203 E. Brown St., Luverne St. Catherine Ph. 283-8502; www.stscl.org Monsignor Gerald Kosse, Pastor Sundays 8:30 a.m. Mass. Public Mass will be celebrated at FULL capacity in the church. Masses: 9 a.m. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Friday at the nursing homes – check the bulletin. All Sunday masses will be live streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/stccluverne/…
- By Pastor Ann Zastrow, Grace Lutheran Church, LuverneJanuary 11, 2022“A man was going from Jerusalem to Jericho…” So begins one of Jesus’ most popular stories, The Parable of the Good Samaritan (found in Luke 10:25-37). Being a parable, the events described didn’t actually take place, but the story served as an illustration, in this case, answering the lawyer’s question, “Who is my neighbor?” In the parable, the traveler was robbed, beaten, and left for dead. Two…
- By Rev. Dr. Phil Booe, St. John Lutheran Church, LuverneJanuary 04, 2022The season of Epiphany begins on January 6 as the Christmas season comes to a close. This special celebration of the incarnation recalls many events in Jesus’ life: his birth, his baptism, and even his first miracle at a wedding feast in Cana, when he turned water into wine. Epiphany first draws our attention to the visit of the Magi, or wise men. The tale is familiar. It is a story of distant…
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