Dear Pastor Hammond: On Monday, I read an article on MPR's website about your endorsement of Michele Bachmann. I have to admit that in learning such I was quite disappointed. My disappointment does not lay in the fact that I do not agree with many of Ms. Bachmann's positions or politics yet it lies in …
Category: Faith.Hope.Love
Eat.Pray.Love
Why oh why did I wait so long to read this book? Mostly because for a long time, I never knew what the book was about. The cover was pretty and the title intriguing, almost like the tile of Dancing on Hot Coals, but I just did not know what the content matter was. But …
The Absence of Fear
I have a confession to make. I am secretly afraid of freeways. Well, not all freeways but some of them, and more specifically at some points along the freeway. I feel this way about US-52 in St. Paul as it exits off of 94E going South. That exit is just so narrow and you really …
The Christ Church Scoot
The Christ Church Scoot. At least that is what my maid of honor called it during the reception at my wedding. As all maids’ of honor do, she had the duty of giving a toast in our honor and she found it especially appropriate during this time to tell the story of how my husband …
Making Sense of God When Life Doesn’t Make Sense
How would your life be transformed if… …the answers to your questions about faith, God and life no longer made sense, you discovered that happiness and success were not guaranteed, you struggled to make sense of the hurt, pain and disappointment you ever encountered? Would you... …give up, become apathetic, keep dancing? As for me, …
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Slowing Down
In an age where everything moves so fast, it is becoming increasingly difficult to slow down and find time to sit, reflect, and be still with God. I, myself, find the need to constantly check my email, facebook, my blog stats, and so many other online stats that even when I am in the position …
Ebony Johanna 