‘Miscellany’ Archives
Sing After Every Storm
By MIKE HAZARD PHOTO MIKE HAZARD Ellie and Jamaih posed in the sun outside the back door at Peace House. Ellie wrote a poetical reflection on life the day she got sober. It hangs on the poetry wall inside. A few lines go: “Be like the winds: Sing after every storm. Change is scary, especially to those who watch us change while their lives stay the same. Don”™t hang out with negative people, especially yourself. You don”™t need a loud voice to be heard. All you need is something worthwhile to say. Sometimes you must end an old relationship to begin a new one with yourself.” Sing after every storm, Ellie. This picture story is by Mike Hazard. It is part of a project called Peace House People. A version of the work will be on display at Franklin Library from April 13 through May 9, 2020. The project is funded by an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
Palm Sunday Peace Processional April 5th
By PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL, St. Paul”™s Church 15th & 28th Palm Sunday Peace Processional 2019 PHOTO PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL St. Paul”™s will host its annual Palm Sunday Procession for Peace on Sunday, April 5. We will march to places of pain and joy in Phillips, stopping to pray, to remember and to reclaim spaces that have been taken by forces who consider human life cheap. The procession starts at 12 noon at St. Paul”™s, 2742 15th Ave S. For more info, call 612-724-3862 or e-mail stpaulscreate@gmail.com.
“Searching,” Chapter 34 Epilog
By PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL “One person”™s found is another person”™s lost.” We are taught that this is true, that there always must be winners and losers, that it is part of the way the world is made, that the “invisible hand” directs the fortunes of everyone, and that as one rises, another must fall. But what if by searching and finding, or even by searching and not finding, we are more connected to our fellow human beings? What if our search, our healing and our wisdom multiplies unto others, so that as one of us is found, we all are? It is easy to speculate on what will become of Angel and Luz, our beloveds. It is easy to speculate, and hard to know. They have found each other, and they are willing to go to any length to keep that treasure that is their love. But we know that love untested is not real love, and that it is in trial that we often find our true strength. Luz and Angel will now walk together, and discover together, what [...]
