Look What She Did: Mary Jo Irmen

Are you wealthy? Mary Jo Irmen says your answer depends on your understanding of wealth. “Some people think, ‘I’m wealthy because I’m debt-free,’” Mary Jo says. “That doesn’t mean you’re wealthy. Wealth is creating money and never having to worry about running out...

Look What She Did: Sandy McMerty

Sandy McMerty and her husband, Matt, have a big dream to provide meaningful employment for individuals with special needs. Together they launched The Gifted Bean Coffee House, inside the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library, to do just that—and to give their son...

Look What She Did: Ashley Eide

It started with a simple writing prompt in a high school English class: Should we donate all the money we use on luxuries to people in third world countries? Ashley Eide’s answer was no. “If we work hard enough to afford luxuries, we should be able to reward...

Positively Blessed in Sweet Suffering

By Marci Narum ⃒ Photography: Photos by Jacy 2017 will be the year Delila Mayer walks again. She believes, between therapy and prayer, she will get out of her wheelchair, walk, and be able to go back home. Her positive spirit will help too. Delila became paralyzed in...