Roxane B. Salonen
Faith Columnist and Features Reporter at The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Communications Specialist (award-winning author and freelance writer) offering a variety of writing, editing, speaking services through Beauclair Communications
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1 week ago |
inforum.com | Roxane B. Salonen
The conversation that unfolded from my March 2 “Living Faith” column, “IVF discourse opens a Pandora’s box”, provided evidence of the critical need to discuss moral implications of third-party reproduction.
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2 weeks ago |
catholicmom.com | Roxane B. Salonen
Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel. Today's Gospel: John 8:21-30I’ve got to be honest. When I read passages like those in today’s Gospel, I feel a bit sorry for the people confronting the confounding reality of Jesus in their midst. The puzzlement leads to troubling concerns: Is he going to commit suicide? Who is he anyway? “They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father.”Nope, they just didn’t get it.
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2 weeks ago |
inforum.com | Roxane B. Salonen
Recently, I talked for nearly two hours with a man who’d brought a loved one to the Red River Women’s Clinic in Moorhead for an abortion. Not surprisingly, the conversation veered often into the topic of God. Based on an earlier discussion I’d overheard, I knew he didn’t want to hear about Jesus, so I took things in a different direction, seeking common ground. We could agree on two major points: God created the world and all of us, and even the tiniest human has a soul.
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3 weeks ago |
inforum.com | Roxane B. Salonen
I’d come to the Holy Cross Catholic Church dedication Mass in West Fargo mainly to collect some “people in the pews” stories for an Easter article. From the nearby Rustad Arena walking-track windows, I’d watched for many months, with others, the progression of the church, with its large steeple jutting up impressively from the low-lying prairie — now a permanent part of our flat, city skyline.
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1 month ago |
inforum.com | Roxane B. Salonen
FARGO — They’re just two little words, but according to one Christian student on the campus of North Dakota State University, they have big potential to save the world: true love. Zach Van Batavia, a Chi Alpha group leader and evangelist, aims to revive those two words in the souls of many who yearn for more than worldly enticements. “We want to provoke a question: ‘What is true love?’” he said, sharing about several upcoming events he’s organized to help revive hearts for Jesus on campus.
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