by Christian Coon | Jun 20, 2012 | BLOG
In these days of texting, I don’t know if kids pass notes to one another in the classroom any more, but I have vivid memories of trying to get a missive to another classmate without my teacher seeing. This was particularly important when I wanted the attentions...
by Christian Coon | Jun 15, 2012 | BLOG
There are days when I feel I’ve done at least a decent job parenting my children. There are days when I have a sinking suspicion I’ve had a “bad dad” day. And, of course, there are a whole lot of days when I’m not quite sure. My wife,...
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...
