Certain foods seem to have sprung, ready-made, from a cosmic conveyor belt to the dining table. Ketchup? It comes from a factory in Pennsylvania. Goldfish crackers? From Pepperidge Farms, right? And ...

This past weekend, our synod held its annual assembly. Hundreds of Lutherans journeying across northwest Minnesota to a Lutheran liberal arts college in my hometown, our regional version of mecca.

Jerry and Bobbi McMillen have had their fair share of noteworthy street rods in their 51 years of marriage. The cars range from a 1923 T-bucket roadster to 1930s and ’40s vintage Chevy and Ford coupes ...