Parker J. Palmer is a Quaker elder, educator, activist and founder of the Center for Courage & Renewal, an organization that fosters leadership skills. He wrote about the impact reading Thomas Merton had on his life and work for the blog On Being. Contact via the Center for Courage & Renewal in Seattle. Palmer lives in […]

Snowboarders and Skiers for Christ USA is a national Christian ministry that partners with local churches in the U.S. to focus on youth. The national office is in Dillon, Colo., but there are offices all around the nation, which it breaks down into four regions. The ministry has overseas branches in New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan, […]

The Rev. John Gibson is an associate pastor serving at St. Dominic Catholic Parish in Brookfield, Wis. A story about how his love for soccer and the church combined in his call appeared in the April 17, 2014, edition of the Catholic Herald.

Deer Park Buddhist Center, founded in 1975, is a full-scale monastic teaching center and community of monks, nuns and laypersons in Wisconsin committed to practicing Tibetan Buddhism — the only one of its kind in the Midwest. Geshe Tenzin Dorjee is the center’s abbott.

Jenny Almquist is director of Fierce Freedom, a nonprofit that she launched in 2012 to educate the people of west-central Wisconsin about human trafficking and work to stop it. Almquist makes presentations to churches and civic groups, talks with lawmakers about the need for stronger laws and works with local law enforcement to combat the […]

News from Indian Country is a publication of Indian Country Communications, Inc., which is located on a reservation in northern Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle is Wisconsin’s only Jewish weekly newspaper. It is based in Milwaukee.

Al Jumuah is a Muslim lifestyle publication. It is based in Madision, Wis. Contact through their website.

The Catholic Herald is the official newspaper of the Diocese of Superior, Wis.