by Christian Coon | Jun 20, 2021
My guest this month is Tyler Sit, the founding pastor of New City Church in Minneapolis, a community that describes itself as focuses on environmental justice and radical inclusion as a queer and people of color affirming place of worship. Tyler recently wrote a book...
by Christian Coon | Jun 16, 2021 | BLOG, Daily living, Saints
“For me to be a saint means to be myself,” Thomas Merton I came across a company a few years ago that took well-known celebrities and, in a way, sainted them by putting their visages on candles. I bought an Ariana Grande candle for my daughter and have...
by Christian Coon | May 19, 2021 | Conflict, Listening
When the woman saw that she couldn’t escape notice, she came trembling and fell before Jesus. In front of everyone, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed. (Luke 8:47, Common English Bible) One of my parishioners gave me the book...
by Christian Coon | Apr 21, 2021 | Everyday life, Peace, Presence, Sharing
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. (John 14:27a, NRSV) Every spring for the last several years, I’ve participated in some sort of group clean-up of a river in the Chicago area. This year our church teamed up with a local group called Clean Up Give...
by Christian Coon | Apr 14, 2021
Jan Richardson is an artist, writer, and United Methodist pastor and has traveled widely as a retreat leader and conference speaker. Jan has written many books, including her most recent one, Sparrow: A Book of Life and Death and Life in which she shares in vulnerable...
by Christian Coon | Mar 24, 2021 | Cross, Jesus, Lent
The message of the cross seems foolish to those who are lost and dying. But it is God’s power to us who are being saved. (1 Corinthians 1:18, NRSV) Like almost everyone else, I’ve been spending a lot more time in my home office this past year, which also means...
by Christian Coon | Mar 17, 2021 | Daily living, Hidden
You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its saltiness, how will it become salty again? It’s good for nothing except to be thrown away and trampled under people’s feet. You are the light of the world. A city on top of a hill can’t be hidden. Neither do people...
by Christian Coon | Feb 17, 2021 | Blessing, Lent
It was his big smile that caught my attention at first. There are all kinds of facial expressions that I see when I have imposed ashes over the years, but probably one of the most common is what I call the Solemn Look. The person waiting to be ashed may sense that...
by Christian Coon | Jan 14, 2021 | Daily living
…lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. (Colossians 1:10, NRSV) We used our church parking lot for a drive-in movie last October and, on the day of the movie as I was...
by Christian Coon | Dec 18, 2020
My guest for this podcast is Eboo Patel. Eboo is the founder of IFYC, Interfaith Youth Core, and is now a national figure in developing interfaith conversations and relationships. Named by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders of 2009, Eboo...
