Yesterday I drove out to Maple Park to visit Mark at his first parsonage.  It is about an hour and a half from Evanston and it is very much in "the middle of nowhere."  I say this only half seriously.  The quickest way to get there took me through farmland USA.  I should be used to this right?  At least a third of Minnesota is like that, 95 ( Read more... )

     As many people may know, the last year at seminary was a difficult one in a few ways.  One of the toughest was over the food service issue.  As co-chair of the student council, and opponent of the new food service "proposals" we had been given, I went from being invited to speak with the Vice President of Student Affairs, to being completely ( Read more... )

     It has been a couple of days. A couple of days of a couple of things. I haven't journaled in a couple of days, and it has been near 100 degree temperatures lately! I'm from northern Minnesota, 100 degrees is supposed to be a myth, except that it has been hotter in Duluth, MN the past 2 days, than here in Chicago. Go figure ( Read more... )

Let me tell you that connections are wonderful. I had some free tickets to see the Prairie Home Companion movie last night, and it was a great movie! It made me want to go home. Minnesota is a wonderful place. It is full of Lutherans, but they're not bad people, most of them anyway;) The other night I was walking home from work, and it had ( Read more... )

First of all, Grandpa update... He made it through his quadruple bypass today, and is in recovery mode. While getting ready to visit him this morning before surgery, my parents found out that if you flush the upstairs and downstairs toilets at the same time, the top one floods. Funny in my head, not in theirs I'm sure ( Read more... )

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Good day everyone!  Today I woke up a half hour before church was to start at First UMC, Evanston.  I decided I would go there, seeing that a classmate of mine was preaching today.  Soo, I got ready as fast as I could.  I really wanted to wear my navy/white wingtips today, but in order to do that, I needed my navy blue pants, which for some odd ( Read more... )

Well, the Cubs beat the Brewers tonight, two nights in a row! How wonderful, almost exactly a month since they last won at least 2 consecutive games. Miller Park in Milwaukee is an amazing park, and I don't think there is a bad seat in the entire place. Anyway, it was great to see the Cubs win a game.

I'm up late, and I'd have to admit, I don't ( Read more... )

'Sup!? I am now a Live Journalist...Journaler....Journafier, whatever! What do I have to say today? I'm about to leave for Milwaukee to catch a Cubs vs Brewers game. That should be a good time. I spent a little time today cleaning my apartment, changing a tire, and making grilled cheese sandwiches. (This is going to be a lame live journal, I ( Read more... )