by Christian Coon | Mar 24, 2021 | Cross, Jesus, Lent
The message of the cross seems foolish to those who are lost and dying. But it is God’s power to us who are being saved. (1 Corinthians 1:18, NRSV) Like almost everyone else, I’ve been spending a lot more time in my home office this past year, which also means...
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...
by Christian Coon | Dec 14, 2019 | Advent, BLOG, Daily living, Jesus
Sometimes the Spirit takes hold while a preacher preaches and they go off script to make a point. I thought that was happening to me last Sunday as I was talking about how we love the baby Jesus, but that baby grows up to challenge and even threaten our comfortable...
by Christian Coon | Sep 13, 2018 | Baptism, Jesus, New life
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24, NRSV) There are moments in my vocation when I think, “It simply cannot get any better than...
by Christian Coon | Jul 17, 2018 | Everyday life, Hospitality, Jesus
You may notice something a bit different with this version of my sporadic email. There’s more! My plan is to put one out every other week with three features; a blog post, my latest Failing Boldly podcast episode and a little feature I’m calling Three Up...
by Christian Coon | Dec 20, 2017 | BLOG, Christmas, Incarnation, Jesus
What are you doing here? The Word became flesh and moved into the neighborhood. (John 1:14a, MSG) Several years ago, way back in the days of VCRs and DVDs, I went to a local video rental store to rent a movie. This is when I was pastoring in a northern suburb of...
