by Christian Coon | Jan 20, 2015 | BLOG
“Let’s turn to the book of Acts.” I should know by now that a sentence like that causes pulses to race and faces to blush. The request seems innocuous, but when you’re the pastor sitting with folks who either haven’t been to church in a...
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...