I made the Home Page static under Settings and the category 'Blog' as the page where posts would appear.
The posts however are not updating on that page. Perhaps my settings are off. It has copy there about this being the home widget area which I'm not sure how to get rid of. When I put a post up that said 'coming', nothing appeared. And the actual widgets, which appear to the right on the other pages, are to the bottom and to the right on that page.
Thanks for your help!