In 2013, Seitu Ken Jones co-founded Frogtown Farm, a five-acre urban farm in a St. Paul city park. The farm was created with and for neighborhood residents and is a vibrant example of what urban gardening can look like. In 2014, he lead the...

I find this to be very challenging and yet comforting. When I realize that I suffer because my expectations do not match reality, then my go-to reaction is to try to change the reality. “How is that working for me?” you may ask, and...

Wow! This has always been a challenge for me! You may relate, but so often I really want what's Right AND Easy. God is brilliant (though maddening) in making it so that these are not always one in the same. Though I hate to admit it, when I...

I have talked in this space before about Fr. Bryan Massingale, priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and now professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University. In a recent interview, he spoke of his work in racial justice: I...

Shifting Between Joy and Lament Each morning, Healing Our City has been hosting a time of prayer and community as our cities grapple with the killing of George Floyd and the trial of Derek Chauvin. Each time of prayer includes a five minute...