12:33 PM Did you know Calvary has a softball team? Two weeks ago the Vineyard Church called and asked if we would take their place in the local church league. We said yes, and so far we’re 0-3. But my inside source (Mark) said we played “really well” in losing a doubleheader to the top two teams last Sunday afternoon. I…
6:49 PM Fascinating (and encouraging) results from a recent Harris survey regarding what Americans believe about creation and evolution. 6:42 PM Was Adam a caveman? 6:25 PM Focus on the Family is featuring this article by Brian Bill on their “Be a Voice for Life” website. 6:17 PM Here’s another article on Oak Park being…
3:39 PM Congrats to the Vineyard Church of Oak Park for a creative way of serving others. 3:26 PM Is Oak Park sexy? Today “The View,” a popular women’s TV program hosted by Barbara Walters, named Oak Park one of America’s sexiest suburbs. Is this true? Is it a good thing? The clip on “The View” featured scenes from …
12:22 PM USA Today reports that cohabitation is replacing dating for many young people. The friend who sent me this article said he and his wife just celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary. He notes that “marriage is truly a precious gift from God. I feel sad for the majority of people in our society who don’t unders…
5:48 AM Last night I started reading China Travail, the story of William and Lena Englund, pioneer missionaries to China in the first half of the 20th centur4y. Many parts of their story remind me of the book of Acts. Time and again they faced hostility as they brought the Good News of Jesus to Chinese towns that had never …
6:35 AM Ted and Lois Griffin from Calvary are here this week on vacation. I saw them playing scrabble with some friends in the dining room last night. 6:33 AM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Gull Lake—Day 1. 5:55 AM I am writing this note from my room at Gull Lake Bible Conference in Hickory Corners, M…
10:35 AM A big Saturday shout-out to everyone I met at the Oak Park Farmers Market this morning. On my way to buy fresh donuts and fresh blueberries and raspberries, I ran into Kent Magnusson, Tami Magnusson, Marge Utigard, Bob and Barb Berry, Barbara Lange, Nellie Schultz and Al Elliott. I talked to all of them except Al w…
10:37 AM Mary Brooks and Donny Williams are getting married in September. You can follow the plans leading up to the big day at their weblog, appropriately called www.maryanddonny.com. 7:15 AM Eric Rubio has relocated his “Blog of Blondie” to a new location. Eric always has something fun to read. 7:06 AM Interested in t…
7:59 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Hot Coals—Part 2….
4:23 PM Calvary is mentioned in a recent article about theological differences between two Oak Park Lutheran churches. Why bring us into the discussion since we’re not Lutheran?The struggle is over the question: How do we figure out what God is like and what God expects of us? On the far left, liberal churches like Unity Un…