Words to Start Your Week
April 26, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Faith at Work, Free in Chicago, Powerful Passages, The City, The Cultural Conversation
Words to Start Your Week — Two of the greatest assets to have in life are patience and wisdom.
5 Christians: What Type are You?
April 16, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Breaking News, Church, Culture and Faith, Faith at Work, Leader Zone, Methods & Strategies, Missional, The Cultural Conversation
With the changing church landscape in America, Christianity Today (CT) conducted attitudinal and behavioral research of U.S. Christians. More than 1,000 self-identified Christians 18 years of age and older were surveyed on their religious beliefs and practices. The results reveal a number of significant differences. In fact, portraits of five distinct segments emerged from the [...]
Resurrection Sunday
April 12, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Church, Culture and Faith, Faith at Work, Powerful Passages, Urban Church
What a great day it is in Chicago and around the world! Today as we attend Park Community Church with lots of friends, we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is not a day to celebrate Easter bunnies, nor Peeps, candy, hard-boiled Paas-dyed eggs, not even Easter, but Resurrection Sunday. [...]
Spiritual Help In Hard Times
February 23, 2009 by Steve
Filed under Chicago, Culture and Faith, Faith at Work, Government, Sunday Services, Urban Church
The Sun Times just published an article where they asked some Chicago-area faith leaders what they have to say to people who have lost their jobs, homes, tuition and sense of security. What do they say to congregants who feel as if God hasn’t provided and isn’t going to? Check out what our own J.R. [...]
What a Downer Week…..
October 6, 2008 by Steve
Filed under Breaking News, Chicago, Church, Culture and Faith, Entrepreneuring, Faith at Work, Powerful Passages, The City, The Cultural Conversation
Stock market ….DOWN Michigan throttled by Illinois 45-20 Cubs Lose in first round of playoffs White Sox Bounced from playoffs At least we got Jesus and the Promises of God below in our corner….. The Promises of God WHEN REFERENCE Seeking the best investment… Matthew 7 Starting a new job… Psalm 1; Proverbs 16; Philippians [...]
Burma Disaster Relief: Park To Send a 10,000 gallon/day Water Purifier
May 9, 2008 by Steve
Filed under Church, DifferenceMakers, Entrepreneuring, Faith at Work, The Cultural Conversation, Urban Church, Volunteers
As many of you are already aware, last weekend Tropical cyclone Nargis claimed thousands of lives in Myanmar early Saturday morning 2:30am. By daylight, the full effect of the storm was obvious. Homes were destroyed, giant trees crashed through buildings, and were lying uprooted, blocking roads. Blackouts, water shortages and rapidly rising prices were reported [...]
Are you part of an Expeditionary Force?
April 20, 2008 by Steve
Filed under Breaking News, Church, Culture and Faith, DifferenceMakers, Faith at Work, Methods & Strategies, Missional, The City, The Cultural Conversation, Urban Church
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 [...]
5 Rules with a Mentor
March 24, 2008 by Steve
Filed under DifferenceMakers, Entrepreneuring, Faith at Work, Leader Zone, Methods & Strategies
As a serial entrepreneur, I love to spend time with folks who are getting their own company going. I remember the days when I was getting started and I was searching for people who knew more than me that would take time to meet with me and impart some wisdom into my situation. I tell [...]
Faith at Work
March 21, 2008 by Steve
Filed under DifferenceMakers, Entrepreneuring, Faith at Work, Fanfuego.com, Internet Resources
As I get ready to transition out of Park with the soon-to-open new ministry center, I am reflecting a lot on my new role as the CEO of a new company FanFuego.com, the leading multi-sport social network for sports fans, and my leadership style and faith at work. I came across a great article in [...]
