Women of Faith

JUNE 30 — In less than 10 days, many thousands of women will make their way to the United Center for a two day conference put on by Women of Faith called “Contagious Joy 2006“. This is an excellent conference each year and the lineup this year looks great. Check out the entire Chicago schedule, [...]

Passion

JUNE 29 — Over the last several weeks, as I help lead us through our annual ministry planning process for our urban church in Chicago, I am struck by our leadership conversation asking each one of us…..WHAT IS YOUR PASSION? We are a church, mostly in our 20’s, 30’s and 40’s, who are trying to [...]

Chicago — The Livable City

JUNE 27 — Today, Mercer released a couple of reports that show what an excellent place Chicago is to live and work. With all my bias openly shown, others are beginning to see that this is the best “livable ” global city with great commitment to parks and greenery, a huge Great Lake just outside [...]

Changing the Name of The Holy Trinity

USATODAY reports that the divine Trinity — “Father, Son and Holy Spirit” — could also be known as “Mother, Child and Womb” or “Rock, Redeemer, Friend” at some Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) services under an action this month by the church’s national assembly. Delegates to the meeting voted to “receive” a policy paper on gender-inclusive language [...]

Father’s Day – June 18

Today I got invited to the Cubs-Tigers game by a friend who own his own company and rented out the Batter’s Eye, the perfect place to have a party in dead center field in Wrigley Field. While it was great to be with friends, it was painful to see Mark Prior get shelled in the [...]

Importance of Volunteers

Just got home from our volunteer appreciation dinner for our top-notch communications team, and I was struck by the investment these folks make in using their talents for the Kingdom. Each is well-regarded in their part of the communications marketplace, yet are willing to invest countless hours to help us at the church take concepts [...]