One thing Matt and I consider exciting and fun about living in Minnesota is that we are living near a major metropolitan area. We live in the suburbs of St. Paul and are just a hop away from downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis. The Twin Cities, due to their sheer size, offer many things to do that Tucson does not- like major sporting events and concerts to name just a few. We haven't gone to any performances yet but we did go down to the University of Minnesota over the weekend to hear some lectures and then over to Dinkytown for lunch. For those of you in Tucson, Dinkytown is like University Blvd, with shops and restaurants and college students. The University of Minnesota is a beautiful campus and I look forward to exploring it more this summer.
The lectures we went to were put on by the MacLaurin Institute. This is a Christian organization which endeavors to bridge the church and University. They have different events all year round like lectures from visiting Christian scholars. This weekend a professor of the history of science from Messiah College in Pennsylvania was the speaker. He gave three lectures. The first one was on the life of Christian Chemist Robert Boyle. The second lecture was on the supposed warfare between science and religion. The third lecture was on the life of Galileo. All three were very interesting. I look forward to going to more of MacLaurin's events.
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