by Christian Coon | Jun 14, 2012 | BLOG
One of my favorite web sites (and I’m not sure what this says about me) is Awkward Family Photos. I haven’t taken the time to learn how they’ve collected all these, but I can’t stop looking at the varieties of families and trying to figure out...
by Christian Coon | Jun 12, 2012 | BLOG
Our Midsommarfest Garbage Pick-up team was ready to go last Sunday as part of our Service for Service day. We had the garbage bags, the latex gloves, and the desire to tackle Clark Street and rid it of stray plastic cups and wrappers. As we headed east on Winnemac and...
by Christian Coon | Jun 7, 2012 | BLOG
I’m currently at the annual gathering of United Methodists in northern Illinois (aka Annual Conference), which is always a mixed bag. It’s part seeing good colleagues and friends, part hearing about inspirational ministries in our area, part hearing...
by Christian Coon | Jun 1, 2012 | BLOG
I heard this on the “Writer’s Almanac” a couple days ago and thought I’d share it. I love lists like this. It’s by Ron Padgett: Get some sleep. Eat an orange every morning.Be friendly. It will help make you happy.Hope for everything....
by Christian Coon | May 25, 2012 | BLOG
A shout out to a really cool vlog produced by one of our Urban Village folks. Elizabeth also put together a great video telling some of UVC’s stories as they relate to LGBT issues. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
by Christian Coon | May 24, 2012 | BLOG
I feel like I’ve been writing about baseball/softball quite a bit lately, but I had some flashbacks yesterday that are worth reflecting on. At least I think so. My daughter has been playing softball this spring and seems to be enjoying it. She’s been...
by Christian Coon | May 23, 2012 | BLOG
The Goodman Theatre is nothing if not persistent. My wife and I were subscribers to the Goodman for a couple of years, but decided for various reasons not to renew this past year. So the Goodman called. And called. And called again, as if we were the only subscribers...
by Christian Coon | May 16, 2012 | BLOG
When is something a coincidence and when is it something God wants you to really pay attention to? One could argue, of course, that there’s no such thing as coincidences. Maybe a better way of saying it is that God really wants you to pay attention all the time,...
by Christian Coon | May 11, 2012 | BLOG
Forgive the family photo, but 11 years ago today, an amazing thing happened. I delivered a baby. Not just any baby. My baby or, rather, our baby. Really you could argue that my wife has more ownership since she did all of the work, heavy lifting, pushing, etc., but...
