I understand what it means to dislike someone, or to treat a person with disfavor. I “get” the idea that it is possible to view another human being as distasteful. But I cannot wrap my hands around a hatred that completely devalues the other. How doe…
The name is Junebug, and it is setting out on a 2,000-or-so-mile journey along Route 66 from Missouri to California. The journey is called the Great Race, where the “newest” car is a 1972 model, and the oldest is from 1915. Junebug is a 1971 V…
It started out as a small water slide. Nothing fancy. Just some water, some slippery stuff, and a small pool at the end. It was a lot of fun. So if that was fun, wouldn’t a bigger slide be even more fun? The answer? Of course! Today, Jennifer and Mik…
She had just returned from a backpacking trip in Colorado with fellow St. Paul youth when the blurry vision, weight loss, tiredness, and having to go to the bathroom all the time put her at the doctor’s office. Aryn (Zager) Lloyd was 17 years old. An…
Summer at St. Paul equals a different beat, a different harmony for music around this place. Three opportunities are available this summer for kids and adults who want to sing or play an instrument. Men’s choir: Calling all St. Paul men. A men’s choi…
Meet new people. Serve other. Grow faith. St. Paul people will lead two trips in the beginning of 2016 – one to the Dominican Republic, the other to rural Appalachia. Informational meetings are coming up this month. Mission Appalachia, info meeting t…
At St. Paul, the Living Room is one place where relationships with God and others bloom. With blue floral couches, a fireplace, and a coffee table, it is comfortable and familiar. And as the rhythms of time pass by, this place is a regular meeting sp…
I have never had anyone call me from a national polling organization and ask my opinion about something important. Makes me feel kind of left out. If I’m an average person, and those survey outfits want a cross sampling of average people, how come th…
Welcome to West Acres, established in 2002, a collection of John Deere and other farming equipment. Yes, it’s an intriguing collection of tractors, plows, bicycles, and all sorts of other things. But it’s also a collection that showcases the challeng…
It all started with a group of (mostly) musicians from the Open Spirit contemporary service. Brad Suhr. Jeff and Jamie Carroll. Hans Schnekloth. And “the Steves” – Steve Baril and Steve Anderson. They are Ten Mile Radius. Their most recent gig? Playi…
These are the weeks when wild-eyed graduates around the country sit in stuffy gymnasiums, or under the great big sun, waiting for the announcement to switch the tassel on their skullcap from one side to the other. Some are surprised. Some are honored…
Lyle Sheldon grew up in rural Clinton County, working as a farmhand until he was drafted by the Army in 1941. After training in Louisiana, his division was loaded up on ships and sent to Northern Ireland…then to Scotland…then to Africa. His unit was…