In the Ortonville Independent, a local father shares his disappointment at an experience his son, motivational speaker, entertainer, and veterans advocate Mark J Lindquist, experienced during a recent trip home to the county seat of Big Stone County.
The letter below isn't online, so here's a screenshot from the paper, via Facebook:
My hometown has the slogan 'town with a heart'.. but I'm thinking it should be the 'town that broke Mark J. Lindquist...
Posted by Rebekah Lynn on Tuesday, September 1, 2020
It must have taken a great deal for Gordon Lindquist, a deeply civic-minded person, to submit that letter. The Independent does have an older, undated letter by Lindquist online:
Dear Editor
Big Stone County residents. BE PROUD! I just watched a news story on WCCO-TV in which one of the points was that people are just plain fed up with all the rancor and acrimony in politics today.
Well I just attended the precinct caucus event in Clinton on Tuesday and I could not be more heartened by what I saw. More than seventy people left their warm couches and living rooms to come out on a pleasant but brisk February evening to be engaged in politics at its most basic level. Big Stone County residents came from all corners of the county to meet with their neighbors in their precincts to discuss issues and concerns and organize to make a difference. There were special issues table at the pre-caucus event which gave people opportunity to share and discuss important issues such as education, health care, environmental concerns, agriculture and veterans affairs.
Not once in the entire evening did I hear any one calling anyone names or badmouthing anyone or anything. It was just concerned people becoming engaged to address the issues that are important to us as citizens. Big Stone County you have good citizens who still think that being involved can make a difference.
Gordon Lindquist
Ortonville
That's the civil culture in which Lindquist is proud to swim. He's also a man of faith. On August 30, he posted on his Facebook page:
Three years ago I was the reader in church. I read this lesson. I read again today. I thought this lesson was so appropriate then. It is more relevant today.
This comment accompanied this image, of a lesson from Romans 12:
We must all do better, as the more recent letter from the elder Lindquist says.
Photos: Banner from Mark J Lindquist website; Below: the Epistle for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost 2020 in many churches was Romans 12:9–21.
If you appreciate our posts and original analysis, you can mail contributions (payable to Sally Jo Sorensen, 600 Maple Street, Summit SD 57266) or use the paypal button in the upper right hand corner of this post. Those wishing to make a small ongoing monthly contribution should click on the paypal subscription button.
Or you can contribute via this link to paypal; use email [email protected] as recipient.
Comments