Offering Healing and Hope After Hurricane Harvey

Offering Healing and Hope After Hurricane Harvey

By Dr. Preston VanLoon  |  Submitted Photos At 6:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning I was notified by the American Red Cross (ARC) that they wanted me to leave Bismarck within 24 hours for a two week deployment to Houston, Texas. I was to serve as a disaster spiritual care...
Healing by Helping

Healing by Helping

By Amber (Schatz) Danks While many people consider giving donations to charities during the holidays, Julie Silha is busy giving to her communities year-round. Instead of donating money, she gives her time. Julie volunteers for three different organizations in the...
Keep Moving Forward

Keep Moving Forward

By Stephanie Fong Shannon Binstock of South Heart, North Dakota, has received so many requests for her contact information over the past few years that she decided to order business cards. Her title: Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor. The tagline on the back of the...

Community Contributor: TR 4 Heart & Soul

When Katie Oakland began volunteering her time with an organization which offers therapeutic riding, it sparked a dream. She witnessed the impact horses make in the lives of  participants, and she knew then that someday she wanted to offer the same opportunity in her...
Rooster Fights and Snake Pushy Pushies

Rooster Fights and Snake Pushy Pushies

By Patrick Atkinson I watched a rooster fight last night. No, not the cruelty-to-animals one where two drugged-up animals are thrown into a cage to battle it out. The one I saw was much more senseless. You see, the dirt road in front of my Central American home has a...