HIBBING, Minn. – When Mark Coen left the priesthood, he couldn’t have known how closely his future would mirror his past. Today, Coen works in a church, lives in a parsonage, and ministers to the ...

Karen and Patrick Kilby make caskets at their woodworking shop in Ottertail, Minn. The family-run business, A Simple Pine Box, makes individually handcrafted caskets. Karen Kilby displays the cherry ...