by Christian Coon | Jul 12, 2017 | Anxiety, BLOG, Protection, Psalm
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty, wrapped in light as with a garment. (Psalm 104:1-2a) We often receive compliments whenever someone comes for a visit about what a nice dog we have. Friendly. (Mostly)...
by Christian Coon | Jun 21, 2017 | BLOG, Evangelism, LGBTQ
In honor of Pride Week here in Chicago, this week’s post is an excerpt from my book about our church’s experience with the Pride Parade: Every year on the last Sunday of June, an estimated one million people line the streets in Chicago’s Uptown, Lakeview,...
by Christian Coon | Jun 15, 2017 | BLOG, Evangelism
Every year each of our Urban Village sites pays a vendor fee so that it can have a presence in one of Chicago’s many neighborhood summer festivals. Our South Loop site just finished its second involvement with the Printers Row Lit Fest last weekend. I signed up...
by Christian Coon | Jun 7, 2017 | BLOG
When raising children, it’s very easy to let toys accumulate (like the Legos that are still in one of our storage baskets above). As kids outgrow their favorite playthings, the action figures and blocks and dolls make their way into closets or other storage...
by Christian Coon | May 17, 2017 | BLOG
Marketing alert! Just a heads up that my new book comes out in two or three weeks (you can also pre-order it here) so I’ll be using reflections and stories from the book through June. Maybe longer. 🙂 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up and go. Your faith has healed you.”...
by Christian Coon | May 10, 2017 | BLOG
”and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 1:14)Many of you know that my wife and I just returned from a trip to South Korea. The trip was organized by the Northern Illinois Conference of The United...
