Some of you have probably noticed that Peace House Community has not made an official statement about the immigration enforcement activities going on in the Twin Cities at the moment. We debated making a statement, in the end we didn’t for a few reasons. First, we did not want to draw attention to ourselves early […]
PHC will host its second annual pickleball event in April. Whatever your skill level, come out for food, exercise, and great fellowship. When: Saturday, April 11 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Where: Smash Park Roseville (1721 County Rd C West, Roseville, MN 55113) We’re also looking for sponsors. If you or your company would like
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Many years ago, I heard a debate about whether Greece’s Golden Age was represented by the great poets such as Homer, or by the philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Why should this matter to us now, thousands of years later? Because it might give us some insight into today’s situation. Homer gave us
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I disagree with Mayor Jacob Frey on many topics, but I agreed with what he said during his press conference following the shooting of Renee Good. There’s so much to say about the current situation, but the part I want to focus on is Frey’s call for a peaceful response. We can debate if that’s
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D likes to help out the community at Peace House Community with a very specific service: he brings cereal (and sometimes other groceries) to our kitchen staff. For whatever reason, cereal has been hard to find through our food rescue partners, and PHC can’t afford to buy it in the quantities we need. D helps
For better or worse, Peace House Community keeps setting records for the number of community members we host. Through the end of October, we hosted almost 10% more members this year than we did in 2024. Even more impressive (or depressing, depending on how you look at it), we’re hosting 300% more members than we
The Book of Genesis tells that in the beginning, God brought order out of chaos. We’ve been trying to do the same thing ever since, with varying degrees of success. For the most part, we seem to do okay, creating enough structure for society to function, but not enough to crush everyone. But even accomplishing
I think everyone is familiar with the magic trick where a coin disappears from the magician’s hand and then reappears out of someone’s ear. When we were little, we believed the coin really had disappeared. As we got older, we knew the magician had simply used slight of hand, and they were still holding the
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I recently read The Cross and Lynching Tree by James Cone. Cone was one of the first and most respected Black Liberation Theologians who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, arguing that the dominant Christian theology denied the experiences of minorities and had nothing to offer marginalized peoples. The Cross and the Lynching Tree was
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In the 1980s, I enjoyed watching WKRP in Cincinnati. The writers did a great job of mixing silly humor with serious topics. In one episode, Mr. and Mrs. Carlson discovered that they were going to have a baby. Being an older couple, they debated whether they were up to the challenges of raising another child.