Greetings friends, This week is the holiest week of the Christian year. We began with Palm Sunday a couple of days ago, waving palm branches, welcoming Jesus into Jerusalem, and we continue tomorrow with Maundy Thursday (aka Holy Thursday), followed by Good Friday, and Easter morning. With the additional services

Greetings friends, As I write, I sit in the library at Chicago Theological Seminary, on a break from a one-day conference entitled “Love in a Time of Fear.” It is a challenging conversation so far, as emotions are high. One participant reminded us, people are paying the price with their lives for

We’ve talked a lot about the Matthew 25 challenge this year and, I think for many of us, when we think about living that verse, we think about helping “the least of these.”  We might think of washing blankets for PADS, serving dinner with the Night Ministry, or packing meals for