Sunday, June 2, 4-6 p.m., North Lawn Mark your calendars for an early evening of food, music, games, and celebration. Bring your lawn chair and your joy of being together. Dinner and desserts will be provided. The church lawn will be full of fun and…
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St. Paul quilters are helping foster kids find a piece of comfort during a time of transition. Fostering Crossroads, a local non-profit that provides placement bags when a child is placed into foster care, put out a request on Facebook. “Blanket dona…
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Lately, I’ve been thinking about the ways we feed ourselves. I’m talking about the type of feeding that goes far beyond nutritional guides, food pyramids, and recommended 100+ ounces of water daily. Admittedly, the water thing is one I struggle with…
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“What do I need to do to obtain eternal life?” This is my favorite question that Jesus is asked, and it can be found in the 10th chapter of Luke’s Gospel. Sometimes, we think of eternal life as a destination we reach after death, but scripture teache…
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A few goodbyes were shared around St. Paul as two staff members embarked on new journeys. St. Paul social worker and counselor Angie Vaaler is relocating this month and groundskeeper Harris Schneekloth retired in April after more than 30 years at St….
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These days, it feels like nothing makes the news, at least not “above the fold” or before the first commercial, if it isn’t Caitlin Clark, campus sit-ins, the war in Gaza (remember Ukraine?), the Trump trial, or polls in the presidential race. Credit…
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I like to take note of people who encourage others. That’s because I’m highly aware of being the beneficiary of the same. I can’t calculate the number of people in my life who have encouraged me – people who have gone out of their way to lift me up i…
St. Paul member Samantha Stahle surrounds herself with the things she loves, and dance is at the forefront. Do what you love, love what you do is a phrase Samantha lives by. It’s on the shirt she wears to work. Similar positive messages adorn the wal…
What Dr. Jim O’Connell thought would be just one year of his life turned into his life’s work. Tracy Kidder, in his book Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People, takes readers into the life of Dr. O’Conn…
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You don’t have to spend much time driving on the interstate before you encounter one of those electronic traffic signs overhead. I’m sure you’ve seen them. They remind you to buckle your seat belt or to reduce your speed in a work zone or warn you of…
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The decline of local news is not news. We all know that journalists and beat reporters are disappearing in record numbers because of the glut of free online content, plummeting advertising revenue, and scores of other factors. The once mighty Los Ang…
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My mother loves to tell the story of my first trip to an amusement park. I was about five years old when my family took a week to visit Williamsburg, VA. I loved the historic colonial Williamsburg, I splashed all around the local water park, but I wa…