Are you an artist or someone who would hesitate to call yourself an artist? A craftsperson or a student? Then you are invited to submit work for the eighth annual show sponsored by Spirit of the Wilderness Episcopal Church. Each year we use the broad heading “Entry Points to the Creative,” in which we challenge the community to produce work... READ MORE >
Esme (8½) is my oldest grandchild. I love her so much. I made her a silk dress and bought her a paddle for her baptism. We do mosaic projects together, and I’m teaching her to sew. We play games. Our early games included one in which we pretended neither of us knew the name of the big lake we drove... READ MORE >
When did you encounter a work of art that moved you, pulling you out of your humdrum (or over stimulated) day? For many people, art—making it or seeing it— can be a profoundly spiritual experience: transformative as it forces us to see differently. The third area I focused on in my sabbatical was this one, especially on the arts and... READ MORE >
When I lived in South Africa from 1974 to 1982, it was a scary place to be. Waves of people (usually white professionals) emigrated to safer places like England. Many moved back. Asked why they would go through the huge hassle and expense of packing up their worldly goods and moving to another continent, and then moving back, they responded,... READ MORE >
Since my last columns I have traveled a lot. Some journeys I would give anything to avoid—such as walking with my 37-year-old son and his family since his terrible cancer diagnosis. Other journeys were planned (and funded by a Lilly Foundation Clergy Renewal grant). I visited the Iona community in Scotland, hiked in the Scottish Highlands and the French Alps,... READ MORE >
Spirit of the Wilderness Episcopal Church invites artists to participate in its seventh annual art show which will be held at the Johnson Heritage Post March 4-28. This year’s topic is A Sense of Wonder: Expressing this Place. The opening presentation on March 4 will be given by Chel Anderson, author of the recently published book North Shore: A Natural... READ MORE >
Since we got broadband— really, I’m not gloating— our Internet access is amazingly fast. I was telling a friend that we’ve run out of bread since we got hooked up, since it used to take so long. My old Internet search process: Click on Google…put yeast and honey and salt and water in a bowl and mix—go back and find... READ MORE >
In a course I taught at Holy Apostles, a largely Hmong Episcopal Church in St. Paul, we explored how any individual church can be part of the larger Church, while deeply rooted in its particular context. I opened the class with slides of different Anglican Churches— Pentecostal Anglicans in Nigeria, folks dancing their hearts out in the Anglican church in... READ MORE >
On July 1, a group of around a hundred people sat outside Drury Lane Books for a full moon performance. The full moon missed its entrance but everything else was wonderful as Yvonne Caruthers played her cello against the backdrop of a smooth Lake Superior. She is a fabulous cellist so it was great to hear her play. But what... READ MORE >
Why Ruby’s Pantry? Because it’s expensive buying food in Cook County. Because it’s foolish to waste perfectly good food. Because we would be good for us to know each other better. Ruby’s Pantry’s purpose is to stretch food dollars, lessen food waste and build neighborliness. And because God calls us to say “yes.” When we say “yes” to God, the... READ MORE >
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