About
About Minnesota Family
Minnesota Family Magazine shares hopeful stories, ideas, and experiences that connect families across our state.
Born in St. Cloud and growing statewide, we publish both print and online editions and articles that celebrate what’s good in Minnesota — real families, creative communities, and local businesses that make a difference.
Our mission is simple: uplift families and inspire hope for our future. Through quarterly magazine editions, online features, events, and everyday acts of kindness, we’re carrying the torch of good publishing — lighting the way for communities to grow together.
Join us. Advertise. Subscribe. Share your story. Together, we’re building something good for Minnesota families.
Carrying the Torch: The Enduring Power of Good Publishing
Why the enduring power of good publishing still matters. Minnesota Family carries forward a legacy of integrity, truth, and community through stories that illuminate.
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Voices for the Common Good
In the 1840s, America’s printers turned from revolution to renewal. Through Hale, Garrison, and Douglass, the press became a force for conscience—and that same spirit lives on today at Minnesota Family Magazine.
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When Words Became a Republic
Benjamin Franklin carried the torch of moral publishing across the Atlantic, and Thomas Paine used it to light a republic. Their belief in truth, character, and courage continues in the pages of Minnesota Family Magazine.
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Illumination: The Age of Progress in Print
From Edward Bok’s civic household to Fred Rogers’s televised kindness, a century of editors and storytellers gave progress a conscience. That same light burns in Minnesota Family Magazine today.
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Your Family Inspired: Why We Publish Now
In an age of constant noise and endless information, family publishing still matters. This essay explores why parenting and family media exists now, how it carries a centuries-old moral tradition into the present, and why Minnesota Family was born to serve homes, communities, and the next generation.
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The Circle of Light
Minnesota Family didn’t appear out of nowhere. This chapter traces the lived formation behind the magazine—across publishing, broadcasting, and a return to print that led to its founding in November 2020.
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Hands That Hold Tomorrow
The closing chapter of the Torch Series—why Minnesota Family becomes meaningful only when it is shared, sustained, and carried forward together.
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Minnesota Family embraces the magazine format, which has the longest life span of all the media.
Minnesota Family is the magazine for families in Minnesota! Inside you’ll find creative works of well-respected authors and inspiring stories from Minnesota Families in a beautiful print edition magazine.
Excellence is the standard of visual quality with full color photos and designs on premium magazine paper, the perfect canvas for the creative works of well-respected authors, blended with artistic photography and attention to aesthetics, resulting in meaningful experience.
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Mission
Entertain and inspire families in Minnesota
Vision
Allow passionate contributors to convey meaningful communication to families in Minnesota
Values
Optimism, quality of life, loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, personal courage, and commitment