Editor’s note: Karen Holden is the manager of the St. Paul Book Corner. Have you heard of a star birthday? It’s when your age matches the day you were born. Mine was the year I turned 28 on January 28. Unless there’s a leap year glitch, everyone gets…
In a carefully kept black notebook, the details of many years of St. Paul funeral lunches are detailed by hand. By year and name, notes about the meal served and the number of people who attended offer a physical reminder of a faith tradition that sp…
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Running isn’t exactly for everyone. Many of us might have memories from our younger years, participating in the elementary school field day activities. That end-of-the-year celebration where everyone gets a ribbon for attempting a track & field e…
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A few weeks ago, I was riding in a Land Cruiser through rural Tanzania heading to a Maasai village called Nadaruru. I saw a sign for Nadaruru, and our driver, William, slowed down and turned on his blinker. But there was no obvious place to turn off…
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Listening to music has no practical purpose. It simply puts us in touch with the joy and beauty of life, or sometimes the sadness and uncertainty of life. Next to silence, I sometimes think, music may come closest to expressing those inexpressible my…
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I am what you call a “cradle Lutheran.” I grew up going to the same Lutheran church in Lebanon, PA until after I finished seminary and moved to the Quad Cities. I was baptized, confirmed, married, and overall raised in the faith at Holy Trinity. I at…
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She had no church experience while growing up. Kathy McManigal’s family celebrated Easter and Christmas with gifts and family gatherings, but being a part of a church community was not part of her childhood. As she grew into a young adult, she would…
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Every year I look forward to watching the NFL draft on television. I love college football, and I’m eager to see the reactions of some of my favorite players when a team selects them. What an emotional moment to finally realize that their dreams of p…
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It all started with a bowl of strawberries – ripe, red fruit left behind for waste in a cafeteria at Augustana College. Strawberries have a lot of tiny seeds on them, upwards of 200. These particular strawberries ended up planting seeds that grew int…
Come on out to St. Paul’s north lawn for an afternoon of food, music, and games. Bring your lawn chair and sunscreen to St. Paul, and wear gear representing your favorite team, for tailgating fun in the sun for all ages. It will be warm and sunny thi…
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This weekend, I will meet with a committee in Indianapolis for an “approval” interview. Three years ago, in April 2015, I met with the same committee for the first time to begin the process of joining the roster of ordained ministers in the Evangelic…
Giving a Fish a Bath: The Untold Story of the Adolescent Mind will be presented 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at St. Paul. It is free and open to the public. Ever think the adolescent mind was impossible to understand? Recent discoveries in neurosci…