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How to make a pencil grow
A kindergarten student learns how to resolve a terrible, terrible tragedy.
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20 things I did in 2012
Here’s a list of some of the crazy things I did, completed, or accomplished in 2012. A look-back at a jam-packed year!
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Prayers of the People for September 30th
In which Maggie shares her very first composition for the Prayers of the People.
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Photography Portfolio Update
I made a major update to my Photography Portfolio, streamlining some of my favorite and best photographs into one major portfolio. This makes it easier to see my best work without clicking through locations and less than great photos.
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“And this is why I study Theology”
A friend and I were watching Battlestar Galactica the other night, and we were watching a particularly heavy episode. It’s in the second season, when another battle ship finds the Galactica and makes significant changes to the chain of command–and the attitude of the fleet. The new leader is a Read more…
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5 Positive Things (2)
This week’s positive things: happy people’s (and sad people’s) music, meeting a bunch of young clergy, and awesome community development organizations on the South Side.
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5 Positive Things
As a way to combat summer melancholy and instill positive thoughts (while also forcing myself to update my blog with frequency) I am going to commit to posting a series called “5 Positive Things”. Throughout the rest of the summer, I plan on posting 5 positively interesting news stories, podcasts, websites, or experiences that Read more…
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Can your theology answer THIS question?
Throughout this quarter, I kept running up against a wall when I thought about the theology that we studied for our Introduction to Theology course. As I mentioned previously, we studied one author (Paul Tillich) and his systematic theology, which was very complicated, enriching, but also thoroughly academic and often Read more…
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The Brand of ‘Feminism’ in Hunger Games
Thoughts on a statement my dad made about feminism in the Hunger Games
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Book Journal #4: New Testament
In which Maggie explains the books that “Introduced” her to the New Testament.
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Book Journal #3: Public Theology
Books read for the Public Theology course, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day, and Rienhold Niebur…
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Book Journal #2: Hebrew Bible
In the second half of the Introduction to Hebrew Bible course, we looked at some books with a different timbre: archeology, sociology, and a very modern book documenting the history of a word–philology and theology wrapped up into one. Article: Carol Meyers “Life in Biblical Israel” in Family, Religion and Culture: Families Read more…
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Book Journal #1: Hebrew Bible
The Literary Bible and the search for the Historical Israelite people in three books for my Introduction to Hebrew Bible Course
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“The Environmental Crisis is Heresy”, Father John Chryssavgis
A Lecture by Father John Chryssavgis, a deacon in the Orthodox church, and the theological adviser to the Patriarch on environmental issues.
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Anywhere near the great lakes, the sky is exceptional.
I am now a resident of Chicago!! There are so many things that come along with this new city that I hardly know where to start. Let me just make a list for you of all the things that have completely taken me aback over the past week. 1. I Read more…
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Star Tribune Article: “Leading Muslim girls onto the field”
This article is about a local Saint Paul woman, Fartun Osman, who just won an award from the McKnight Foundation for her fantastic volunteering. She coaches soccer teams for Muslim girls, where the participants are often wearing full, or nearly full hijab. (The photo at the front of the article Read more…
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New mosque in Plymouth
The Star Tribune this morning featured this article about a community of Muslims winning a unanimous vote in favor of their purchase of a building for a new mosque. They bought an old post office building, intend to keep the post office open, and intend to have prayer services and Read more…
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“Where Children Sleep” by James Mollison
A friend posted this New York Times “Lens” article on a project by photographer James Mollison. He went across the world and photographed children and their bedrooms. The difference in the lives they lead is amazing. The photographs are well composed and striking without saying a single word. Here’s what Read more…
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Putting more grocery stores into poor communities
I ran across this article recently in the Star Tribune. Up until reading it, I had always thought that I lived “uncomfortably” close (NIMBY close) to the enormous Supervalu warehouse here in Hopkins. Now, I am impressed that Supervalu wants to join up in this effort, and I feel a Read more…