This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm by Ted Genoways and Mary Anne Andrei is the 2020 All St. Paul Reads book. All St. Paul Reads is encouragement for all to read and talk about a single book title in the same year. In 20…
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Axtell, Nebraska, is a town in the southcentral part of the state that 726 people call home. One of those people is Paul Schafer. Paul has lived much of his life in Axtell, a farming community that is the place where an organization called Mosaic beg…
St. Paul’s annual meeting will be held on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 10:10 a.m. in the Sanctuary. This meeting includes items of important business: approving the 2020 budget, the review of 2019 financials and annual report, and a vote on the slate of candid…
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On Sunday, Jan. 26, St. Paul will offer two showings of Angst, a documentary designed to raise awareness around anxiety. The film includes interviews with kids, teens, educators, experts, parents, and Olympian Michael Phelps. The goal specifically is…
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On the stage at the Brunner Theatre at Augustana College, the smile of Bridgette Weis cannot be mistaken. Bridgette is one of the cast members of the upcoming performance of “The Lion King Jr.,” a production of The Penguin Project of the Quad Cities….
“Light and life to all he brings, risen with healing in his wings…” These words from the third verse of Hark the Herald Angels Sing helped inspire our theme of Light and Life for this year’s Advent Devotions. But it wasn’t until I went caroling with…
In John 8:12, Jesus says “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” In these turbulent times it is easy to lose sight of the light. As we prepare for Jesus’ birthday, his arrival in t…
As a college student, Advent season also means finals season. These tests determine if I have or have not learned precisely what I was meant to over the entire last semester. For me this consisted of vocabulary, theology, Greek and Hebrew translation…
Since Teresa died this June, everything I go through is a first. First baseball season. First Fall. And now I just had my first Thanksgiving since she died. That went okay, because my son and I and some family went to Steeplegate Inn for brunch, and…
Light, life, healing…three words that capture the promise of God to all people at Advent and always. God’s light often shines brightest when life seems darkest. That light makes difficult places tolerable. When my husband passed away I was sure lif…
Life is a long and tedious process. It is full of ups and downs. There is a lot of good and some bad. We all have some things to push through. I think it is what makes us who we are. For me there has been a couple of things that were really hard. I l…
When I reflect on light and life in the world, I immediately think of my children. Having a kid is bringing a new and fresh light into the world. It brings new life to the people lucky enough to have made the child. It sparks a renewed vision and foc…