by Christian Coon | Feb 1, 2018 | Aging, BLOG, Wisdom
“Teach us to number our days so we can have a wise heart.” (Psalm 90:12, CEB) It’s not unusual for me to have been in meetings where, if an important point needs to be made or a nugget of wisdom needs to be shared, I’ll look around the table...
by Christian Coon | Dec 20, 2017 | BLOG, Christmas, Incarnation, Jesus
What are you doing here? The Word became flesh and moved into the neighborhood. (John 1:14a, MSG) Several years ago, way back in the days of VCRs and DVDs, I went to a local video rental store to rent a movie. This is when I was pastoring in a northern suburb of...
by Christian Coon | Dec 6, 2017 | Advent, BLOG, Wilderness
John the Baptist was in the wilderness calling for people to be baptized to show that they were changing their hearts and lives and wanted God to forgive their sins. (Mark 1:4, CEB) One of my heroes is a woman named Carol (pictured above with her dog Leo). She...
by Christian Coon | Nov 22, 2017 | Gratitude, Prayer
Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.” (John 1:50, NRSV) We just finished our ninth Halloween in our Chicago home and I still can’t quite get used to the...
by Christian Coon | Nov 8, 2017 | BLOG, Humanity
then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7, NRSV) I learned the other day that the most-liked tweet of all time is the tweet that President Obama posted...
