I have always held and acted on the belief that I can make a difference if I put my mind to it. When I started to get more involved with some of the incredible groups offered at St. Paul, it gave me an opportunity to do just that. Connecting, support…
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I am sure we all remember Thursday, November 10th. It was the day when the temperature rose to 75 degrees in the afternoon, only to fall dramatically into the 30s that evening. That evening, I saw that the weather forecast for the foreseeable future…
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When I was a kid, baseball cards in the drugstore were sold in sealed packets. Wrapped ten-to-a-packet, often with a skinny piece of gum, that packaging didn’t give us the luxury of getting to pick individual player cards. You got what you got! The m…
Thank you for 26 years of combined service! Two long-time St. Paul staff members plan for retirement. Paula Durham, business manager Paula Durham, who oversees all the financial affairs of the church and works in close partnership with the Finance Co…
Faith stories are the culmination of confirmation at St. Paul every fall. Ninth-graders share brief presentations describing how they see God at work in the world and in their lives. “I can’t think of exactly when my faith story started. My first mem…
Sharing our gifts It’s hard to accept God’s underserved love through grace, and we don’t have to do anything except that which makes me want to give back in return. I find it impossible to just sit back and watch things happen. If there is a need to…
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Several years ago, photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher embarked on a new artistic project. She began taking pictures of human tears after they were placed under a standard light microscope. “In my abundant supply,” she said, “I became curious about the ver…
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The election season inundates us, and here’s one more blog putting the upcoming midterms in focus. Those of you who are still with me after that opening are, I would guess, more or less similarly occupied with November 8. Which candidates? What poli…
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There is discouraging news out for some of us this week. According to a published report in the science journal Cell, different ones of us are magnets for mosquitos. The most devastating news is that there’s nothing we can do about this magnetism of…
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Rev. Amy Current has served as bishop for the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the ELCA since 2020. Bishop Current will preach at the 9 a.m. service on Sunday, Oct. 23 then make her way to the chapel as part of the adult learning series. She was elected du…
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If you take the time to stroll through the Memorial Garden, especially in the morning hours, then you are likely to spot an original piece of artwork or two that popped up overnight. These masterpieces never last more than a day, falling away as quic…
Women around the country are sitting down to connect with one another, grow, and share their insights each month, guided by the Bible studies published in the national Gather magazine. The women’s circles at St. Paul are no different but they do shar…