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...
by Christian Coon | Mar 29, 2012 | BLOG
This is a shot outside our townhouse. As you can probably guess, there isn’t a ton of green space around where we live. There are a couple of nice parks that are very close (and people remind us that Grant Park is also close, but it’s about five blocks...
