10:07 PM Tonight we had dessert with Steve and Rebecca Wilson in Riverside. Rebecca’s parents, Fred and Marilyn Miller, are visiting from Mt. Hermon, CA. In the course of our conversation, Steve mentioned that they had all recently been to the enormous new 50th Anniversary McDonald’s, built on the site of the old Rock ‘n Ro…
CONSIDER THE HOSTAS by Ray Pritchard Several weeks ago I noticed the hostas were starting to come up out of the ground. We have a long row of them by the sidewalk in front of our house. They were there when we moved in 11 years ago, and with very little attention from us, it happens the same way every year. They disappear i…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20051:24 PM Here are the latest entries in the Crosswalk weblog: Big Burritos, Bob Jones and the Chicago Bulls Streams in the Desert 11:42 AM Dropped by the church a few minutes ago and saw a group of about 16 people gathered for the International Friends training seminar. With thousands of international students in Chicago fro…
7:46 AM Here are the teachers and helpers in the Toddler Nursery: 8:30 AM service David and Soo Ai Kudo Jonathan and Rebecca Yoder Scott and Ann Mingilino Judy Arnold Lucy Cintron Steve and Mary Newberg 10 AM service Andria Smith Jason and Bambi Alexander Natalie Newberg Grace Ateca Bob and Neti Ketedji Terri Lucas Chandra …
10:53 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called My Personal Blogorama. It’s a rundown on some cool weblogs I’ve discovered lately. 12:47 PM Here’s the list of our teachers and helpers in the Crawler Nursery: Newt Sherwin Dana Covarrubias Kevin and Debbie Bullens Ron and Diane Wilczenski Jennifer DeYoung Diana Fried…
3:56 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Why the Jews Rejected Jesus. 2:46 PM Christians in China routinely face opposition and harassment because of their faith. Sometimes they end up being tortured in jail. Recently Bob Fu of China Aid testified before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. During h…
9:10 PM Here are the latest entries in the Crosswalk weblog: Two Noteworthy Articles Why Join the Church? 11:14 AM The River Forest Police Department has named Seth DeYoung 2004 police officer of the year. Seth and Jennifer and their sons Isaac and Micah attend Calvary. Speaking of Seth, Rob Gaskill added this tribute:He ha…
7:43 AM Josh has posted some new China pictures from Sports Day at the Huijia School in Beijing where he and Pat McGuin are teaching. Click here to view the gallery containing all his China photos. 7:31 AM Steve and Amy Tanner have posted some excellent pictures from yesterday’s Upper Room Service….
A Silly Bunch of Dreamers and Children by Ray Pritchard In a recent sermon, Brian Bill used the following quote from a blogger who calls himself Real Live Preacher: I keep getting emails from people who say, “Your church sounds nice. I wish I could find one like that.” Listen to how he responds: “Let me gue…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200510:28 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called The Reverse Broadcast Experiment. 9:38 PM I found a website that scores the readability of web pages. Here are the results for this blog: Total sentences 242 Total words 3,010 Average words per Sentence 12.44 Words with 1 Syllable 2,042 Words with 2 Syllables 670 Word…