Guardian Angels News

Every Wednesday there’s a line of people outside my office window. It’s not paparazzi, checking to see which thrift shop find I’m sporting that day. It is people standing outside Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf. It doesn’t matter the weather. In below zero...

I’ve mentioned in this space before the incredible wisdom of scripture scholar Walter Brueggemann. I came across this bit of brilliance from him this past week: “The prophet does not ask if the vision can be implemented, for questions of implementation are of no consequence until the...

Reading the paper or watching the news lately has sent me straight to my bookshelf –where I usually end up whenever I need someone much smarter than me to lend a hand. I settled on a volume by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called Stride Toward Freedom. It is there that...

After leading the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis through bankruptcy Bishop Hebda has turned his attention to listening and healing sessions with plans for a Synod.  There will be two sessions in February.    Join him to share in the discussions about our blessings and...

You Should Attend Virtus Training. . .YES YOU How can we prevent abuse in our church today?  Learn about abuse and gain the tools to prevent it from happening.  Everyone who works with kids and vulnerable adults is expected to attend just one 3 hour session and get a background...

You know how it is when you read something that sticks in your brain? This did that for me. (I sent my friend a quick note letting her know that she was responsible for my angst!) For days afterward I thought about it. When I have had the presence of mind and heart to respond to someone in...

Best or Worst in the US? What Do YOU Think? Health is a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being and not merely the absence of disease or debility. How is it that Minnesota can be in the top 25% of US states for overall quality of care yet be amongst the states with greatest...

From the November Angel News: This fall was pretty exciting for us in the Parish Office. Late in August a parishioner, Adele, gave us (the parish) a beautiful watercolor that she painted. I admired it so much that I decided to place it on a stand at  the front desk for all  to see...

Mark Your Calendars for Angel Tree and Family Sponsorships As many of you know, in past years we have partnered with King of Kings Lutheran and Christian Cupboard for our holiday giving by way of the Angel Tree. Due to staffing changes at both of those places that partnership won’t be...

I’ve been reading an incredible book lately called The Time Is Now – one of those that you sit down with for a few minutes and then an hour later you wonder where the time went. (The best kind of book, that is!) It starts out by looking at Scripture for clues about what...