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 17, 2017
My guest for this week’s podcast is Rev. Terri Owens General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Rev. Owens was elected last July and is the first woman of color to be the top executive of a mainline denomination. Owens’ resume...
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...
by Christian Coon | Oct 20, 2017
My guests for this week’s podcast are Wendy Snyder and Bill Leff of WGN-Radio in Chicago. Bill and Wendy have been radio mainstays in Chicago for several years and are currently on WGN weekdays from 10 am to 1 pm. They’ve also been kind enough to have me on their show...
by Christian Coon | Oct 12, 2017 | BLOG
Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.) (Acts 8:26) The fact that an American woman not named Williams won the U.S. Open Tennis Championships a few weeks...
by Christian Coon | Oct 6, 2017
My guest for this week’s podcast is Matthew Vines, author of the book, “God and the Gay Christian” and the founder and Executive Director of The Reformation Project. In 2012, Matthew delivered a speech at a church in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas, making the case...
by Christian Coon | Sep 27, 2017 | BLOG, Lament, Remembering
I preached on a sensitive topic a couple Sundays ago: suicide. I knew it could be an emotional service and I saw a few folks with tears in their eyes after I preached and I also knew there were a couple psychologists in attendance so during communion, I stealthily...
by Christian Coon | Sep 22, 2017
My guest for this week’s podcast is Robert Schnase, Bishop of the Rio Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church. Bishop Schnase has been a bishop since 2004 and is also author of many popular books in the church world, including Five Practices of Fruitful...
by Christian Coon | Sep 13, 2017 | BLOG, Prayer
In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. (Mark 1:35, NRSV) Some of you know that I’ve started a podcast as a complement to my book. I’ve really enjoyed having these conversations with a wide...
by Christian Coon | Sep 8, 2017
My guest for this week’s podcast is JoDee Winterhof, Senior Vice President for Policy and Political Affairs for Human Rights Campaign. JoDee joined HRC after serving as a Chief of Staff in the US Senate and US House of Representatives, as well as head of advocacy for...
