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When I was in middle school, I got a TV in my room. Of course, since I was born in the 1900s, a TV in your room didn’t mean much if you didn’t have cable or a VCR (neither of which I had). Some nights, when the clouds were few and the wind was jus…
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St. Paul member Anna Villareal has built a career placing art where people need it most—and she’s bringing that work home to share with the St. Paul community later this month. Anna grew up moving. Wisconsin. North Carolina. Different cities, differe…
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Almost 20 years ago, the poet Mary Oliver wrote this poem, called Iraq. I want to sing a song for a body I saw crumpled and without a name but clearly someone young who had not yet lived his life and never would. How shall I do this? What kind of…
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Most Monday mornings when I get into the office, one of the first things I do to start my week is make a to-do list. I think about the tasks I need to get done, or I try to map out what my week might look like (knowing full well that my best-laid pla…
In this season of Lent, as we’re called to slow down, to change our pace and reconnect with what matters most, two St. Paul people have found something profound: the ministry of presence. Jan Muhs walks hospital corridors offering prayer cards and li…