Part 3: Community
When I was a kid my best friend lived around the block from me. I would wander to his house almost every day to see if he was available to ...
It’s near the end of March, which to me means spring is imminent. Okay, I know it isn’t. This is Chicago, after all. I know, in a way no one south of Highway 70...
I was browsing through local church websites the other day, looking at their statements of faith. Basically, that's a list of what they believe. Most had predic...
We live in an increasingly fragmented and shallow society. I believe people are really desiring a new way of life that is more connected with others.
Genesis...
For those of you who have been tracking along with our Big 10 series, today we hit the mid-point. We’re now half-way through the Ten Commandments. The Fifth Com...
I was on larger church staffs for more than 20 years. One of my favorite jokes shared among staff members was this one:
“I love the ministry, it’s just the peo...
Some churches are big.
REALLY big.
Like "fill a soccer stadium on a Sunday" big.
Still, most churches are not.
And, like it or not, there is often a...
Yael a/k/a Jael from Judges 4 is my hero and favorite woman of the Bible. She showed courage in the face of danger, she stood up for what she believed in, and s...
An online anonymous community organized by The Xian Satirist and The Bitter Pastor, The Anon Church fills a need in the lives of many displaced, disenchanted, o...
This is the fourth conversation excerpting from an upcoming book, Just Hear Me Out: Conversations in the Generation Gap, a conversation between Baby Boomers and...
Acts 4:32-37. Few things paint a more complete picture of what people really believe than how they handle their stuff. People like stuff and go to great lengths...
In 1945, Lieutenant Colonel Mercin Willet Gonin documented the liberation of a concentration camp called Bergen-Belson. He wrote the following:
“I can give n...
