by Christian Coon | Mar 2, 2019
by Christian Coon | Feb 15, 2019 | BLOG, Compassion, Grief, Lament, Surprise
Jesus answered, “Woman, you have great faith. It will be just as you wish.” And right then her daughter was healed. (Matthew 15:28) I’m not sure this would be considered a New Year’s resolution, but I saw a few “Top 10 Albums of 2018” lists at...
by Christian Coon | Jan 25, 2019
My guest this week is Bishop Karen Oliveto, bishop of the Mountain Sky Conference of The United Methodist Church. Bishop Oliveto made news in 2016 by becoming the first openly LGBTQ person to be elected bishop in the UMC. She has two books that have come out in...
by Christian Coon | Jan 24, 2019
My guest this week is Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot. Lori has an extensive background in the law, including as a former assistant U.S. attorney, Chair of the Police Accountability Task Force created by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and President of the Chicago...
by Christian Coon | Jan 12, 2019
I’m honored to have Rutha Mae Harris as my guest for this week’s podcast. Ms. Harris is a retired teacher who lives in Albany, Georgia, but she’s perhaps more widely known as one of the original Freedom Singers, a group of activitists and musicians who worked with the...
by Christian Coon | Jan 7, 2019 | BLOG, Humility, Prayer
Because all of our church’s staff works remotely, our church’s main phone number is connected to our cell phones. So, if you call 312-268-5300, you can then dial the extension 101 and it would be sent to my cell phone. In addition, if someone dials...
by Christian Coon | Nov 14, 2018 | BLOG, Faith, Humanity, Trust
One of the challenges of living in Chicago, especially if you’re raising children here, is trying to figure out where your child will go to high school. I won’t bore you with all the details of how this works, but we attended a high-school fair a few weeks...
by Christian Coon | Nov 1, 2018 | Attentiveness, Focus
From now on, brothers and sisters, if anything is excellent and if anything is admirable, focus your thoughts on these things: all that is true, all that is holy, all that is just, all that is pure, all that is lovely, and all that is worthy of praise. (Philippians...
by Christian Coon | Oct 11, 2018 | Forgiveness, Grace
But we had to celebrate and be glad because this brother of yours was dead and is alive. He was lost and is found (Luke 15:32, CEB). I took my daughter for a campus visit at Michigan State University last week and we had a great time. She created a special playlist...
by Christian Coon | Sep 19, 2018
My guest this week is Heidi Stevens, a columnist at the Chicago Tribune. Heidi is the author of “Balancing Act,” a column that comes out five times a week and explores a wide variety of issues with a focus on how we can balance all the things that make us who we are....
