The writing, speaking, and soul-conversations of Roxane B. Salonen — author, columnist, and host of Matters of Soul Importance, from the wide prairie of Fargo, North Dakota.
Hello, friend! Welcome to Peace Garden Passage. I pray your visit brings refreshment.
Blessings & peace, RoxaneBooks, columns, and essays that find the holy in the homely — from a Flannery O’Connor memoir to devotionals and prairie picture books.
Browse her booksKeynotes, retreats, and parish missions that weave story, faith, and humor — sending audiences home lighter and more hopeful.
Invite her to speakMatters of Soul Importance — warm conversations about faith, family, calling, and grace, with Roxane and her guests.
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“She draws large and startling figures — and so does grace.”
A travel memoir tracing the mystique of Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor and the legacy she left us all — co-written with Christina Brajkovich and Karen Anne Mahoney.
Read more about the bookRoxane’s Substack — asking questions of earthly and eternal consequence, and attempting a thoughtful answer.
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Read on Substack →Jun 23, 2026(It's complicated!)
Read on Substack →Jun 18, 2026(Winter hasn't returned yet; I promise!)
Read on Substack →Jun 16, 2026(Approaching the four-year anniversary of Roe's fall)
Read on Substack →Whether it’s a keynote, a book for your shelf, or a soul-conversation for the road, there’s a way in.
"Hello, friend — I pray your visit brings refreshment. Blessings & peace."