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This summer we spent a lot of time “up north” in Bayfield, Wisconsin. One of our favorite restaurants, The Manypenny Bistro, featured the best pancakes ever and the service from the waitstaff was just as sweet. One waitress, who we visited with on se…
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Teri Voyna, right, with her wife, Kris, and son, Leo. Teri Voyna recently celebrated one year sober. Her family and friends marked the occasion by attending a meeting where she…
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In the Shetland Islands of far northern Scotland, a new prescription is becoming more widespread. It’s been particularly popular in recent months because this medicine requires no pharmacy and there’s no risk of overdose. In fact, as far as anyone ca…
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One of my children’s favorite books is called Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. It tells of Sylvester, a donkey, who finds a red magic pebble that makes wishes come true. It’s all fun and games until Sylvester wishes himself to be a rock, in order to e…
Faith milestones are special markers along the growing-up journey. Each milestone is grounded in the Bible and nurtures faith in everyday life. Here parents and kids discover God’s presence in seemingly ordinary happenings. A milestone is a memorable…
This coming weekend, St. Paul people will bring food and personal care items for neighbors, share garden bounty with friends, and bless the backpacks of kiddos heading back to school. FOOD PANTRY GATHERING St. Paul people gather food for the Friendly…
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Online learning offers amazing opportunities in our time. Yet there’s one thing which learning over a screen never seems to be able to fully accommodate – namely, the emotional relationship or bond that develops between a teacher and student who regu…
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Editor’s note: Christine Vincent first visited the Anamosa State Penitentiary to worship a year ago. She recently completed her youth ministry internship at St. Paul, and will attend Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary this fall. How did this proj…
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Editor’s note: Destiny Ellingsworth is the communications intern at St. Paul. In June, Destiny traveled to Ecuador for an internship through her school, Western Illinois University. She lived and worked in a suburb of Quito called Cumbayá. Below, she…
Our summer learning series, Godspan, was created as a kind of hybrid. One of the hot topics in the Quad Cities of late has been “the bridge” – the new I-74 span over the Mississippi. And one of the interesting pieces of my professional biography as I…
The paths to their professions are different, but veterinarians at St. Paul all adore the pets and humans they care for. Jake Taylor Kimberly Crest Veterinary Hospital I always loved animals, and particularly dogs, when I was a child. As I entered hi…
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Last Friday afternoon, sixteen vehicles, filled with 117 people, pulled into the St. Paul parking lot after a week of serving and learning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I had the joy of watching parents and grandparents greet their teenagers as they unloa…