by Christian Coon | Jan 13, 2015 | BLOG
“And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.” (Mark 1:10, NRSV) I was running underneath some elevated train tracks a few weeks ago and approached some pigeons who were hanging...
by Christian Coon | Jan 9, 2015 | BLOG
“In Damascus there was a certain disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, ‘Ananias!’ He answered, ‘Yes, Lord.’” (Acts 9:10) I’ve always admired my wife’s Uncle Will. He’s a Renaissance man of...
by Christian Coon | Jan 4, 2015 | BLOG
I only met Rueben Job once and it was very brief. He was bishop of the Iowa Conference (for The United Methodist Church) and I was doing an internship in the Iowa Conference offices and the meeting happened in 1989 or so. My supervisor arranged the meeting and she...
