… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" When: Feb 5 – Honor an extraordinary local individual or ... Staff Member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Honor an extraordinary local individual, community partner, or organization with a “Love Award” for...

  Date: Feb. 4 – “Today we pray for…” Staff Member: Spirituality and Service Consultant Erik Mohn Description: Please share what the moment is calling for us to do now.         Stay in the moment Take the time to care for ourselves Follow our hearts Open our minds...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src="Date: WhenFriday, Feb 3 – Submit a Letter to the Editor on Marginalized Communities Staff Member: Communications Technology Associate Ted Resnikoff Description: Not all communities are facing these difficult economic times on equal footing.

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src="Staff Member: Communications Technology Associate Ted Resnikoff Description: The only secure community is the beloved community. But the federal government’s so-called Secure Communities program is terrorizing communities and tearing apart...

… class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1741" src="Date: Wednesday, February 1 – A Day to Help Teachers Combat Bullying. Staff Member: Leadership Development Associate Jeremie Bateman Description: Our society's culture of bullying is a plague that has taken hold in our nation’s schools and...

… class="size-full wp-image-1741 alignleft" src=" When: Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 – Turn the Tide on Anti-LGBT Constitutional Amendments. Staff member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Both Minnesota and North Carolina face ballot measures this year that attempt to enshrine...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Monday, January 30 – Embrace Silence. Staff member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Check out this video of Rep. Keith Ellison speaking about reframing our narrative to proclaim love as an "active principle." To Do:...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 29 – Hold a Discussion on the Theological Reflection Guide Staff Member: Director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Carey McDonald Description: Gather after services, or plan another time, when your congregation can...

Date: Saturday, January 28 – Share food with others. Staff Member: Spirituality and Service Consultant Erik Mohn Description: Invite people from different parts of your community to come together to share a meal, or feed others in your community. Discuss issues that affect your community and...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Friday, Jan 27, 2012 – Participate in a Facebook Chat with SSL Campaign Manager. Staff Member: Campus Ministry Associate Kayla Parker Description: Standing on the Side of Love is about to enter its fourth year. We have joined together to...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src="Date: Thursday, January 26 – Occupy the Present: Change the Future—Collective Visioning. Staff Member: Campus Ministry Associate Kayla Parker Description: “If you can imagine a better world, you can make one.” – Linda Stout. Collective...

  Date: January 25 – Lift up a Story of Courageous Love Staff Member: Spirituality and Service Consultant Erik Mohn Description: When was the last time you recognized those whose words and deeds exemplify the values of inclusion, diversity, community, and equality? Now is an ideal time to...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 24 – Occupy Community Staff member: Campus Ministry Associate Kayla Parker Description: This exercise invites reflection upon how you live the issues of the Occupy Movement and how those issues effect your local community.

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 23 – Who Are We and What Motivates Us? Staff member: Leadership Development Associate Jeremie Bateman Description: Who are we and what motivates us? We all make assumptions about who are in our congregations and communities, and...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 22 – Gather to Discuss Story of Us, Story of Now. Staff Member: Director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Carey McDonald Description: Gather after services, or plan another time, when your congregation can discuss...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 21 – Examine Your Words Staff Member: Spirituality and Service Consultant Erik Mohn Description: When was the last time you spoke (emailed, etc.) unlovingly to someone? To yourself? What about the last time you spoke or wrote...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: January 20 – Share Something About Yourself to Inspire Others. Staff Member: Communications Technology Associate Ted Resnikoff Description: "Coming Out” about our own struggles and challenges is an act of Courageous Love. Consider the...

Date: January 19, 2012 – What Do You Struggle With? ...

In August 2011, I traveled to Ghana, Africa on a health service volunteer trip. While on this trip, my friend, Nicholas, a student leader in a local village, took me to the village where he grew up. On the way, he explained to me that the water pipe in this village broke four years ago, and had yet...

… class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1741" src=" Date: Wednesday, January 18 – Embrace Silence. Staff member: Office Administrator Deborah Neisel-Sanders Description: Making room for our own thoughts, and space for others’ thoughts, is crucial to standing on the side of love. Today, from...