Better Than a Resolution

As we enter 2022 ask the Lord that you may grow in faith, grace, and love. It is walking with God in a life of communion.

Dakota Datebook

Hope’s Midnight Raid by Merry Helm December 27, 2021 — Cooperstown and Hope were once in the same county – Griggs – which was established by the Territorial Legislature in 1881. But that wasn’t to last. Mr.

Ringing in a New Year...

Here we are ringing in another New Year. This is the start of promise. The promise of leaving the past year behind us and moving forward into the promise of the future year to come. Last year the hope was that we would be leaving a virus that gripped not just our nation but the world behind us.

Resolutions...

Each year some people make New Year’s resolutions and others do not. I have kept mine pretty simple in the last few years. Each year I resolve to eat and live healthier. I do pretty good for the most part on that front. This year I am making a New Year’s resolution to take care of my health.

Christmas excitement changes as we age

A little bit more about my very (in)complete Christmas, if I may, on Sunday evening, December 18th my bride and I were lucky enough to join some good friends at the “Home Free” concert at the Alerus Center. I shared that story with you last week in this space.

Community Had No Tree for Christmas

“We had no town Christmas tree this year and I want to know what happened,” Orville Jordan raged at the December meeting of 12 electors at the Homeland Security Committee in the Community Hall.

Pastor Leroy’s Column

Paul encourages us “to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ...” who he refers to as “the King of king and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen...” (I Timothy 6:14-16 ESV).

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1808 Announcer: “Two Thousand Plus, science fiction adventures from the world of tomorrow, the years beyond 2000 A.D. Tonight, Two Thousand Plus presents ‘The Insect.’” (a typical opening for Two Thousand Plus, a science fiction anthology on radio; Mutual, March 15, 1950, to Jan.

Love in Action

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” - Charles Dickens In the grace filled expansion of every precious moment lies the peripheral absorption of love’s recovery.

I Have VA Coverage; Should I Get Medicare Part B?

Dear Rusty: I am a 74 year old veteran enrolled with the VA. I have never had Medicare Part B. Should I? My only source of income is Social Security. Signed: Retired Veteran Dear Retired Veteran: First, thank you for your service to our country.