Arriving at church for my mother’s funeral, I didn’t know if I could sing for her

A funeral singer devastated by her mother’s death arrives at the church but is not sure she can pull off a performance that ...
Detroit Lakes Tribune

All the happenings in the lakes area, Jan. 3-14

The Sandbar II in Detroit Lakes will host a Minnesota permit to carry class from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The class will cover laws pertaining to the permit as well as the basic fundamentals of marksmanship, ...
National Catholic Reporter

How Jude Nnam revolutionized Nigerian Catholic music

It is often said that you cannot attend Mass in Nigeria without hearing a Jude Nnam composition, an ubiquity Nnam combines ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Irving Berlin’s 1926 interfaith marriage sparked a Jewish debate that, 100 years later, hasn’t gone away

A century after the famed composer wed Ellin Mackay, a Catholic heiress, their marriage offers a window into how Jewish ...