๐–ฒ๐—ˆ...๐—๐—๐—ˆ ๐—‚๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐—‚๐—Œ โ€˜๐–ฏ๐—ˆ๐—…๐—…๐—’๐–บ๐—‡๐—‡๐–บโ€™ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐— ๐—‚๐—Œ ๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—‰๐—Ž๐—‹๐—‰๐—ˆ๐—Œ๐–พ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—…๐—‚๐–ฟ๐–พ...? ๐—” ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐˜

by Rev. Alex Ohman Guest columnist Faith Lutheran Church, Pelican Rapids
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Kids today donโ€™t have a reference point, but the Walt Disney movie Pollyanna was a simple, elegant film about positive, charitable optimismโ€”thanks to a naively โ€œpowerfulโ€ little girl. Young Pelican Rapids Pastor Alex Ohman, above left, had no idea about Pollyannaโ€”until nowโ€”and he is smitten by her kindness.


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