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Category: Features

Gardening and vocations both take some discerning

Posted on Aug 11, 2016Aug 10, 2016 in Features
Gardening and vocations both take some discerning

By Fr. Thom Hennen This summer I decided I would try my hand at gardening. I decided I would start …Read More

‘I am in the place meant for me to be’

Posted on Jul 28, 2016Jul 27, 2016 in Features
‘I am in the place meant for me to be’

Jenna Ebener My first year as a school social worker was less like wading into a gently flowing stream as …Read More

Bradley and me: musings of a new mom

Posted on Jul 28, 2016Aug 5, 2016 in Features
Bradley and me: musings of a new mom

Lindsay Steele The Edge of 30 On May 28, I met my son for the first time. Bradley Kyle Steele …Read More

Surprised by ‘the Abraham effect’

Posted on Jul 28, 2016Jul 27, 2016 in Features
Surprised by ‘the Abraham effect’

Kathy Berken This happens to me all the time, and you’d think that I would be used to it by …Read More

Five things to reflect on at 50 – or any age!

Posted on Jul 21, 2016Jul 20, 2016 in Features
Five things to reflect on at 50 – or any age!

Fr. Marty Goetz A reflection This Wednesday I turned 50! Half a century old! I’ve been doing a lot of …Read More

Pokémon GO pilgrims

Posted on Jul 21, 2016Jul 20, 2016 in Features
Pokémon GO pilgrims

Fr. Paul Appel Game On Last weekend I noticed a number of teenagers hanging out around the parish, sitting on …Read More

There’s a bat in the cabin!

Posted on Jul 21, 2016Jul 20, 2016 in Features
There’s a bat in the cabin!

Jayne Sherry Kitchen Korner Well, summer has arrived in Iowa in its usual fashion with a vengeance: full force, hot …Read More

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