Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and...
By eliminating the required fee for parking on Sundays, drivers could conceivably pay the three-hour meter requirement on a local street – say Halsted – at 6:00 p.m. on a Saturday night and not move their vehicle until Monday morning at 8:00 a.m. Eliminating the turnover that creates traffic for local businesses, most notably...
The column you are reading is called ‘Ampersand.’ Here you’ll find the thoughts of folks in the community: ministers, parents, students and politicians. Our coverage of high school and other local sports will return after Labor Day. Any summer sports stories will be published below this column. Would you like to contribute a post...
The Holy Trinity Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15 Sometimes, we’re desperate for an explanation. There was a running joke among the preachers I know this week that this Holy Trinity Sunday is, of all Sundays, the one on which it’s likely, if not probable, that one will be guilty of some sort...
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of...
Most of us think of the Memorial Day weekend as the start of summer, although you couldn’t tell by the cooler weather we are experiencing. I suppose we will look back with fondness on such days as these as we inevitably see the temperatures turn hotter. However, tomorrow’s holiday is rooted in a much...
Pentecost Genesis 11: 1-9; Acts 2: 1-21; John 14:8-17 Philip says to Jesus: Just show us the utterly incomprehensible, and we’ll be satisfied. Show us God. And then, we’ll believe everything you’re putting out there as Truth. But we long to be able to see God and touch God and most of all, understand...
Dear Members of the Chicago Board of Education, We are writing you to urge you to reconsider the closing of Trumbull Elementary School in Andersonville. There are several factors that lead us to believe that CPS is making the wrong decision in proposing the school for closure. We have a new Principal and newly...
Romans 8:22-27 Sighing Songs out of Thin Air Bonnie A. Perry Gracious God, for the Holy Spirit you have given us, for the force of creation that lives and moves and has its being in our midst, give us eyes to see and courage to use; in your Holy name we pray. Amen. Please...
Acts 16:9-15, John 14:23-29 There was a story on public radio this week that struck me when I heard it as something I needed to remember. So, I actually stopped and listened to the remainder of the broadcast in the car even though I had reached my physical destination. Perhaps it was because I...
