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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 like fishing and being alone in nature. It’s freeing and everyth…
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Today is the second day of 20 during which Iowans can vote in this year’s general election. Illinois is already halfway through its early voting period. For many, I suspect, this brings a measure of relief: the end of this political season can now be…
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During a recent gathering of the St. Paul Prayer Team, we talked about our various practices of prayer. Many of them have a special chair where they sit to pray for people in our community, and their Bible and prayer lists sitting on their laps. Some…
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Over the past 10+ years, Dana Welser has been St. Paul’s neighborhood partnership coordinator and spearheaded the creation of Madison Market. In the last decade, the food pantry grew to serve upwards of 150 (or more) families twice a month. Dana’s ef…
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If you ever happen to find yourself traveling to the other side of the world to the beautiful port city of Osaka, Japan, you’ll have plenty of things to consider for such a big trip. But there’s at least one thing you won’t have to worry about: your…
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One of the things I pay attention to when I’m writing a sermon is avoiding homophones: you know, those pesky words that are spelled differently and have different meanings but sound the same. There and their. Peak and peek. Sole and soul. On paper,…
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I want to share with you all two things that are true about me. I have worn glasses for about 40 of my 41 years of life. I have never been good at cleaning my glasses. You’d think that I would value a clear lens to view the world through, but I ha…
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Over the latter part of the summer, High Street, on the south side of the church between the upper and lower parking lots, was closed for resurfacing. Week after week we watched and waited, once the old roadway had been scraped away, wondering when t…
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Earlier this year, the public library system in Worcester, Massachusetts, came up with an interesting strategy to help borrowers get out of a somewhat hairy situation. For the entire month of March, any library members who misplaced a book or damaged…
Fall Start-up is when we return to the fullness of our Sunday morning learning for all ages and worship life. Learning for all takes place from 10:15-11:00 a.m. Learning Kids & youth learning The classroom journey begins at age 3. Registration an…
St. Paul member Carol Longley and her daughter Kate find their relationship and a new endeavor sprouting up and changing alongside their fields of flowers. Just off Highway 17 in Aledo, Ill., the side of a red barn features an explosion of blue with…
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It may come as a surprise to you that one of the first major televangelists was a Catholic bishop. Fulton Sheen, for many years bishop of Rochester, NY, hosted the Fulton Sheen Program on NBC during the 1950s and won several Emmy Awards for his smoot…