Rose Marie Peterson, the spouse of retired Covenant pastor E. Neil Peterson, passed away on November 23, 2024. Rose Marie and Neil married on October 8, 1949. Together they served in pastoral ministry at a variety of Covenant churches, including stops in Pender, Nebraska; Alexandria, Minnesota; Walden, Colorado; Mason City, Iowa; Wakefield, Nebraska; and Lowry, Minnesota.
Rose Marie was preceded in death by her husband, Neil, who died on December 2, 2023.
Peace be to her memory.
The evacuation orders have been lifted. In Spokane, two congregations are settling in for the long work of rebuilding with their neighbors.
A call for the church to see single people as whole rather than waiting, and to build communities where they are truly known.
Righteous anger, witnessed through injustice on the ground, becomes a spiritual invitation to act rather than remain with clenched fists.
Three generations of Covenant women — Florence Towne, Carolyn Cedarleaf, and Jeannine Cedarleaf Nordlund — reveal how solidarity with neighbors facing injustice is caught, not taught.
With no children and no volunteers left after the pandemic, a North Minneapolis church restarted Vacation Bible School anyway, praying for twenty kids to show up.
Why is Ananias and Sapphira’s punishment so harsh? An honest reckoning with difficult passages.
