A bright yellow banner we purchased in Beijing hangs in my office at the church. We found the banner at a Christian scroll shop tucked away in the “arts district” of Beijing. When we got there, the door was locked but we knocked and the owners let us in. The shop is so narrow that …
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20055:46 AM Here are two new entries on the Crosswalk weblog: My Late-Night Super Bowl Pick Peter Drucker on Leadership…
1:30 PM Calvary in the news … The Winter 2005 issue of Leadership Journal contains an article called “When Gay Activists Came to Calvary,” based on the various protests and media coverage surrounding our services on September 26 when I preached on The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage in the morning services, and Ste…
7:12 PM Jim Bowman says Oak Park will ban abortion by 2025. I hope he’s right. 1:07 PM Here’s a Christian blog worth checking out: Smart Christian Blog 12:46 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Letter to a Gay Man….
5:26 PM Wednesday Shout-Out to Vickie Nelson, Patricia Saffold, Steve Zoller, Paul Ungaretti, Ken Aycock, and to Laura Green. 2:45 PM Calling all men! My topic tomorrow mornig at First Watch will be “Jesus on the Job.” We serve breakfast starting at 5:55 AM. 2:39 PM Here are a few examples of the “Church in many place…
10:59 AM Tuesday Shout-Out to Willie Woods, Gail Padilla, Dr. Andrew Jackson, Pastor Henry Nti-Boakye in Ghana, Dale Nolan, Derik Hines, Mary Harris, Glenda Clark, Don Lough, Danielle Byun in Seoul, Korea, Daniel and Cherise Ward, and to Joel and Sharon Eland….
9:37 PM The Amazing power of the Internet … Pastor Ray, Well, it is 1:15 Am Monday (1/31) morning for me, and yet I am very pumped as I watched my first live broadcast of a Calvary worship service from my room in the Parkview Hotel in Guangdong, China! Thanks to the internet and Calvary TV, I was able to spend time w…
TRUE FREEDOM FOR CHINA by Ray Pritchard Someone asked us, “What surprised you about China?”
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20058:25 AM Congratulations to Adele-Marie Buis who will be featured on WFMT (98.7 FM) today at 4:05 PM. Her performance and interview with Lisa Flynn is in the series called “Introductions” that aims to bring young musicians to the attention of the public. She will be representing Sherwood Conservatory of Music, so the int…
2:05 PM 78 miles so far. Off to a slow start on my bike riding this year. But 78 is better than nothing. I’m hoping for 80 degree weather this weekend, but I’ll settle for the upper 20s. 1:41 PM The Chinese love Lay’s Potato Chips. 1:33 PM A note from Pastor Davis Duggins … “We now have a tract rack in the main hal…