Christmas Gift Ideas – Etsy

Christmas Gift Ideas – Etsy

How pretty is this pillow?  My sister’s boyfriend’s sister (got that?) has an Etsy page with some beautiful and adorable things.  Her miniature Moose and Bison are in a race with this pillow for my favorites. Etsy is a great place to find gifts for 

Listen to Mid-Morning today!

Listen to Mid-Morning today!

My college roommate Katie (yep, both of us were Katie).  Is being featured on Mid-morning tomorrow morning.  She started a blog this year to see what life was like throughout WWII living on rations. Here’s the link on MPR’s page about the story. Life on 

Give to the Max Day – PAYFS

Give to the Max Day – PAYFS

Check out this Video – My colleagues are BRILLIANT! And they’ve just announced a second matching gift.  The next $1,500 that are raised will be matched by the Paeper family.    

Music Monday – Tight Rope

Music Monday – Tight Rope

Only two hours to go in this Monday.  But I still love this song. Richard and I saw Janelle Monae in concert this spring and it was with out a doubt THE.BEST.PERFORMANCE.I.EVER.SAW.    

Weekly Photo Challenge: Wonder

Weekly Photo Challenge: Wonder

I’m participating in the Post-A-Week 2011 challenge.  This week’s challenge is “Wonder.” I was filled with a sense of wonder today as I walked along the Mississippi River at Hidden Falls Park and Crosby Farm Park. I loved caves, tunnels, crevices, and passages as a 

Video Legal Clinic

Video Legal Clinic

So happy to be a part of this community.

For Men Only? An Open Letter to Women in Seminary

For Men Only? An Open Letter to Women in Seminary

  I never had Kyle Roberts at Bethel, but my friends who did respected him quite a bit.  I appreciated his letter this morning.  I also appreciate his honesty in where he came from and where he is now. If you are a woman who 

Book Recommendation: From Stone to Living Word

Book Recommendation: From Stone to Living Word

I just finished reading Debbie Blue’s From Stone to Living Word: Letting the Bible Live Again. One of my favorite images in Blue’s book is the contrast between a stone and an octopus.  Yes, God is our rock, but God is alive, moving, and difficult 

Lectionary Sunday: Matthew 23:1-12 – Puffed Up

Lectionary Sunday: Matthew 23:1-12 – Puffed Up

1 Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples. 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat,” he said. 3 “So you must obey them. Do everything they tell you. But don’t do what they do. They don’t practice what they preach. 4 They tie up