Jobs as a part of a gospel eco-system
Tim Keller spoke here in Chicago this past summer at the Christ+City conference held at McCormick Place. Keller is sort of what Jonah might have looked like if he embraced the city. You can hear him talk about his vision for the city and the church here. Keller spoke about what he calls a “gospel ... Continue reading >>
3 min’s on Glen Kehrein’s life
I was honored to be a part of Glen’s homegoing service this weekend. It was the shortest 3 hour service I have ever been a part of. It was held in the gym at Cirle, the very place I met Glen in 1989. So many people from so many different phases of Glen’s life spoke, ... Continue reading >>
Glen is not lost.
I remember the first time I visited Glen Kehrein and Circle Urban Ministries in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. My wife and I were newly married, visiting a church that was in the tradition in which Paula and I were raised (The Evangelical Free Church), but in a neighborhood I could only describe as being “from the ... Continue reading >>
Sunshine’s New Vision
What in the world is a ministry doing adding words like “justice” and “jobs” to the mission? In the current rhetoric of the jobs/justice/occupy conflict, I think that this is a really good question. Back in 2004 the Board of Directors at Sunshine re-wrote our Mission statement as follows: Sunshine exists to seek renewal in ... Continue reading >>
