by Christian Coon | May 10, 2012 | BLOG
My daughter is playing softball this spring so those hours of playing various games of hitting the tennis ball with instruments (rackets, bats, light sabers) may be paying off. It was interesting watching her in a game the other day, though. When we’re playing...
by Christian Coon | May 2, 2012 | BLOG
My/our 30 seconds of fame at the United Methodist-a-palooza (aka General Conference). I’m impressed with people who can write these thomas on their blog about all the issues facing United Methodists these days, but I just don’t have the time or patience,...
by Christian Coon | Apr 30, 2012 | BLOG
One of the best commercials I’ve seen in a long, long time.
by Christian Coon | Apr 27, 2012 | BLOG
Shots from Caroline’s musical last night–“Honk Jr.” In the group shot, Caroline (who played “Beaky”) is kneeling next to “Ugly,” one of the main characters who’s standing with her arms outstretched. A great...
by Christian Coon | Apr 26, 2012 | BLOG
I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning and it wasn’t because I was particularly tired. I blame it on softball. For the first time in nearly 20 years, I’m playing organized softball again. When a member of Urban Village Church first said she was...
by Christian Coon | Apr 18, 2012 | BLOG
Woke up this morning to a nice article about Urban Village in the Chicago Tribune. What was even more interesting were the responses to it. This was from an atheist blogger from a site called Atheist Nexus. And this was from a blogger on U.S. Catholic. I feel a little...
by Christian Coon | Apr 17, 2012 | BLOG
My “column” for our church’s e-newsletter tomorrow: A new pastor is usually pretty skittish with the initial sermons s/he preaches at her/his first church. Is it theologically sound? Will the people fall asleep? Will I be able to do it again next...
by Christian Coon | Apr 11, 2012 | BLOG
I did a pretty major thing (for me, anyway) about a year ago. I started going to counseling. I don’t know why I call it counseling. One could call it therapy, I suppose, but counseling, to me, sounds more palatable. Which is something else I need to work on, I...
