by Christian Coon | May 2, 2018
My guests for this week’s podcast Rae Jean Proeschold Bell & Jason Byassee. Rae Jean and Jason have recently wrote the book, “Faithful and Fractured: Responding to the Clergy Health Crisis,” a book that seeks to answer the question why are pastors in such poor...
by Christian Coon | Mar 29, 2018
My guest for this week’s podcast is Olympic speedskater Brian Hansen. Brian is a 3-time Olympian, including competing in the 1500, team pursuit and mass start events. Brian won an silver medal in team pursuit in 2010. We talked about his Olympic experiences, what it...
by Christian Coon | Mar 14, 2018
My guest for this week’s podcast is Jonathan Eig. Eig’s book “Ali:A Life” was published last year and is considered the definitive biography of Muhammad Ali. The book won the 2018 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing Ken Burns calls Jonathan Eig a “master...
by Christian Coon | Mar 4, 2018
My guest for this week’s podcast is Jennifer Knapp. Jennifer is a singer, author and activist who recently released her latest album Love Comes Back Around, her sixth album in a music career with two distinct sections. After releasing three contemporary Christian...
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 | Jan 7, 2018
My guest for this week’s podcast is Daffany Clark. Daffany is a Chicago-area native who now is an actress in Los Angeles. She’s a recurring guest start on the TV show “The Fosters,” in addition to numerous other roles. This spring she is launching a one-woman show...
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 15, 2017
Father James Martin is a Jesuit priest, editor at large of America magazine, and bestselling author of such books as Jesus: A Pilgrimage and The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything. He has appeared on many major radio and television networks, ranging from NPR’s Fresh...
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 | Dec 3, 2017
My guest for this week’s podcast is Dr. Eugenia Cheng, Scientist In Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Alongside her research in Category Theory and undergraduate teaching her aim is to rid the world of “math phobia”. Her first popular math...
