Which Choice Do You Make? Food or Fuel?

Look at this article and then reflect on which choice you would make — it is obvious what choice Al Gore would make but what would you do if you were the country’s policymaker? NEW YORK SUN – The campaign against climate change could be set back by the global food crisis, as foreign populations [...]

Are you part of an Expeditionary Force?

The Missional Challenge has an excellent article about the local church becoming a Expeditionary Force in the city — take a read….. Dr. Ray Bakke describes the church as an expeditionary force in The Urban Christian (1987). He views Christians as ministers to their worlds of relationships. For example, a banker who is a Christian [...]

FOAM: This is cool!

What a great street performance-sort of thing — could we pull this off in Chicago as a happening? (Please wait for it to load in its entirety) — (HT: Scott Hodge)

Willow To Eliminate Mid-Week Service

(Christianity Today.com) For three decades Willow has been focused on making the church appealing to seekers. But its detailed and thorough research (summarized in their new book REVEAL) shows that it’s the mature believers that drive everything in the church—including evangelism. Greg Hawkins, the Executive Pastor says, “We used to think you can’t upset a [...]

Provision Theater Presents: SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN

It is that time again! Provision Theater, who is dedicated to performing works of hope, reconciliation and redemption and has received accolades for its last six shows, is getting set to mount its last production of the year, SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, a foot-stompin’ musical, featuring Susan Moniz, ! In this musical, Provision’s artistic director, [...]

Chicago 33rd Most Affordable Metro Area

A new study by Bizjournals.com, a group of business publications, ranked housing affordability in the nation’s metropolitan areas, with terse advice for those seeking a financially manageable place to live: ABC —-That is, Anywhere But California. Bizjournals compared median home payments and household income levels in the nation’s 50 largest metros. The study was based [...]

15,000+ visitors

Today , I surpassed 15,000 visitors to my blog (since I installed my NEO counter more than a year ago). What are all these people doing coming to my blog? What do they find interesting? The most amazing thing to me is that those visitors come from more than 129 countries. The largest visitor groups [...]

Bike Share in Chicago?

City commuters weary of stuffy journeys aboard buses and subways now have a better way to get to work, buy groceries and meet for a Saturday matinee. The bike-sharing programs that have transformed Europeans into two-wheeled travelers are now en route to the U.S. Clear Channel Outdoor, an outdoor advertising company, will launch the country’s [...]

Only in America – The Mobile Phone Scourge

I saw this photo online and couldn’t believe it.  What sort of person would order their wedding topped with a bride and groom that are talking to OTHER  people on their mobile phones?  Say it ain’t so.  What are your thoughts?

Google Sky

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Worship Top 25

As we sit each week at Park, and have worship times with Joseph Tenney and his team, I began to wonder what are the main worship songs that are played? So I did some research on the CCLI site and thought I would list out the top 25 played worship songs in churches around the [...]

Q Conference

I just returned from the Q conference that I went to with venture capitalist Mike Collett in NYC this week, April 9-11 and what a hurricane of ideas, thoughts and ponderings. Q is a forum run by Gabe Lyons and the Fermi Project for creatives, social entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers to get together and discuss [...]

Idol: Shout to the Lord? Wow!

For the millions that watched this week, the American Idol Gives Back show ended surprisingly with the globally popular worship song “Shout to the Lord” by Darlene Zschech. I’m sure you’ve seen all the blog uproar over this issue. Evangelicals on a blog raised the roof with the producer’s decision to downplay its “Jesus” message [...]

Chicago Named a Top City for Hispanics

Hispanic Magazine, came out last year out with their annual Top 10 Cities for Hispanics, and Chicago ranked in the top 10 among all US cities. The magazine looked at several factors in coming up with their top 10, such as cost of living, average home cost, Hispanic population, violent crime, pollution, health insurance costs, [...]

Google Maps and CTA = Excellent Public Transportation Directions

Alright Chicago — way to link up with Google! Chicago Transit Authority riders can now plan their trips using the Google Transit Web site, Mayor Richard M. Daley and CTA officials announced Tuesday. Through a new partnership with Google, mapping and directions for CTA bus and rail services are available in 11 languages on the [...]

Myers-Briggs — What Type Are You?

Whether you are starting a new company (like me at FanFuego.com, a social network for sports fans) or growing a ministry, knowing what kind of person you are and what kind of people those around you are can bring some great insights. According to the Jung – Myers-Briggs typology all people can be classified using [...]

Chicago Ranks 9th as Green City

Popular Science recently reported its top 50 greenest cities, where Chicago ranked a strong ninth in the country. In their ranking, the key variables analyzed were: Electricity (E; 10 points): Cities score points for drawing their energy from renewable sources such as wind, solar, biomass and hydroelectric power, as well as for offering incentives for [...]

Off for a 4-day Guys Golf Weekend

As winter turns to spring, and the golf world warms up in anticipation of the Masters tournament in Augusta, GA next week, the annual guy’s golf trip in upon us.  So tomorrow morning, sixteen of us head off for four days of golf, golf, and more golf in the southeastern US.  It will be great [...]

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