The view of the Lincoln Park zoo and Hancock building from our hotel; we are 5 minutes by car (and 20 minutes if you want to walk in this weather) from the DePaul campus. Famous Kelly line several weeks ago, when discussing DePaul University's location in Chicago: "Wait, Chicago is near water? What?" So much … Continue reading Our Hotel View

At LAX. Mom dropped us off a bit early. Fun times, waiting an extra hour for your flight. Note approaching plane outside window. Luckily, it stopped prior to thonking Kelly in the, um, back end.

After several of my friends tagged me for the 25 things, I am relenting, and posting my 25 things. Unfortunately, as I am a somewhat dull fellow, I should only really post about 12 things. If you suffer from sleep disorders, read this, and you will very likely be snoring by #5.There is some unwritten … Continue reading 25 Random Things

I have been doing some Internet reading recently, and it seems that not all in the world of evangelicalism is bright and sunny. Storm clouds are on the horizon - an ominous change of sorts. Massive climatic change in the happy world of American evangelicals might be underway. Good bye Dr. Dobson, southern mega-churches, and … Continue reading What If It All Falls Apart?

James Taylor and Yo Yo Ma. Does it get any better?

Recently, I began some thoughts about our the alone-ness of our culture, and how we in the church seem to do only marginally less poorly than the rest of society at forming meaningful relationships.This is all quite bothering to me. Really.My observation, after more than 25 years in the Christian culture (Southern California - which … Continue reading Feeling Alone Part 2

The lovely lady on the right of this photo with our President is Megan Handley, a Fuller Seminary student, and great friend of ours. She knew Obama before he was famous. We did not.During Advent, Megan delivered a wonderful homily at our Wednesday night Advent Service at our church.You can listen to her homily by … Continue reading Megan Handley – Advent Homily