Jerry KahrsDec 2, 2017Thanksgiving LeftoversI freely admit it! I love leftovers! Whenever I'm home and hunger calls or I'm trying to put together a bag lunch to take to the...
Pastor Toby MuellerNov 27, 2017Thanksgiving BlessingsThe day before Thanksgiving. And all through the house... the sun streams through the windows, and the trees have revealed their skeletal...
Lou Ann KarabelNov 18, 2017Waiting in an Impatient WorldLately, I keep running across the word "patience." Does this ever happen to you? A word or an idea seems to be everywhere - in your...
Jim HubbardNov 11, 2017Thoughts from my almanacDaylight Savings Time is over... finally. So... it is no longer CDT but now CST. For me being an early riser, now when I leave the...
Doyll AndrewsNov 4, 2017Lessons from FrodoFrodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that...
Bill RogersOct 29, 2017Trunk or TreatAs I was driving into Chicago earlier this week for my seminary classes, I marveled at the beautiful aura of autumn that we are blessed...
Jerry KahrsOct 20, 2017Celestial MechanicsA few weeks ago, I stood in awe as a hot mid-day sun in Southern Illinois became little more than a tiny sliver before being completely...
Pastor Nancy BeckerOct 20, 2017When we find JesusOne of the great contemporary Christian writers is Juan Carlos Ortiz. He is a preacher with an interesting and rather bombastic style. ...
Pastor Toby MuellerOct 9, 2017Darkness"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light." IN ONE RESPECT if in no other this metaphor of Isaiah's is a very relevant...
Lou Ann KarabelOct 2, 2017Fall: A Spiritual Season of TransformationThis year, the autumnal equinox fell on September 22. On that day, the sun rested above the equator, meaning that there was an equal...