by Christian Coon | Nov 14, 2023 | BLOG, Daily living
CTA adventures: I was taking the Green Line to church this morning when a gentleman approached me… Him: “What’s that book about? Church?” Me (I’m re-reading Barbara Brown Taylor’s “Leaving Church,” her memoir of leaving...
by Christian Coon | Feb 24, 2022 | BLOG, Daily living, Everyday life, Sin
Do not plan harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you. (Proverbs 3:29, New Revised Standard Version) We live in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago in a little area called Dearborn Park II, about 3/4 mile west of the Field Museum. It’s a...
by Christian Coon | Jun 16, 2021 | BLOG, Daily living, Saints
“For me to be a saint means to be myself,” Thomas Merton I came across a company a few years ago that took well-known celebrities and, in a way, sainted them by putting their visages on candles. I bought an Ariana Grande candle for my daughter and have...
by Christian Coon | Mar 17, 2021 | Daily living, Hidden
You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its saltiness, how will it become salty again? It’s good for nothing except to be thrown away and trampled under people’s feet. You are the light of the world. A city on top of a hill can’t be hidden. Neither do people...
by Christian Coon | Jan 14, 2021 | Daily living
…lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. (Colossians 1:10, NRSV) We used our church parking lot for a drive-in movie last October and, on the day of the movie as I was...
by Christian Coon | Mar 31, 2020 | BLOG, Daily living, Jesus
I’m writing this on March 26 and in about three hours, I was supposed to be sitting in the nose-bleed seats with my brother watching the White Sox and Royals play on Opening Day. It’s one of the many minor disappointments so many of us have been...
