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Stories From River Bend Church, James C. Schaap
Stories From River Bend Church, James C. Schaap
Pro Rege
Dr. Schaap's historical vignettes, Small Wonder(s), are aired weekly on KWIT-KOJI, 90.3 FM, in Sioux City, Iowa, and available on the station's website or at https://plus.google.com/u/0/collectin/UtiFIB
Finding Sanctuary: How Danish American Churches Helped Immigrants Navigate Life In Uncharted Waters, Krister Strandskov, Russell Lackey
Finding Sanctuary: How Danish American Churches Helped Immigrants Navigate Life In Uncharted Waters, Krister Strandskov, Russell Lackey
The Bridge
The summer before graduating from Grand View University, I set out on a journey throughout the Midwest and California to photograph Danish American churches.1 My purpose in visiting these churches was to discover what stories their architecture told. I wondered what tied them together as well as what made each unique. I also hoped to learn more about my own Danish American heritage by visiting the very places many of my relatives worshiped and even pastored. Here is what I learned.