Chicago

Listening to Poor People 'Offstage'

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove 10-05-2009

I have a neighbor who has a little maxim he uses to explain much of what he sees on the news or reads about in the local paper.

A Prayer for Derrion Albert

Valerie Elverton Dixon 9-30-2009

Every dawning day we wake to the news of human violence against humanity. We see images of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who've traveled a long way from home to fight terrorists.

Hope from the Next Generation: Hey, There's Recycling on the Floor

Tracey Bianchi 8-25-2009

There's this place near our home called Kiddie Land. It's sort of this epic little corner nearish to the city that, for 80 some years, has boasted good times for kiddos. Think wooden roller coasters from the '30s, a wooden carousel, and rides that make you feel somehow like you are on a boardwalk in Atlantic City or someplace like that in the '20s.

Kids Need All the Positive Words They Can Get

Bart Campolo 7-17-2009

Recently a bunch of people e-mailed me the same New York Times column, which cited a variety of scientific research s

The Next Evangelicalism: Interview with Soong-Chan Rah, Part 2

Edward Gilbreath 7-07-2009

[continued from part 1]

The Next Evangelicalism: Interview with Soong-Chan Rah, Part 1

Edward Gilbreath 7-06-2009

You can't do church in the 21st century without a vision for cultural diversity, says author and theologian Soong-Chan Rah.

Water of Life: Wee Man Doesn't Take it for Granted (And Neither Should You)

Cathleen Falsani 6-08-2009

One of the everyday things Vasco has enjoyed most since arriving in Chicago from Malawi five weeks ago is being able to go into the kitchen and pour a cool glass of crystal clear water, from the si

Is the 'Ebony Experiment' Wrong?

Edward Gilbreath 3-10-2009

An article in the Chicago Tribune caught my attention this week.

Blagojevich, Illinois' Corruption, and the Reformers Who've Fought It

Timothy McMahan King 12-12-2008

Somebody had to say it, and they came from Hyde Park.

Chicago Sit-in Victory: 'Yes We Can'

Mary Nelson 12-11-2008

Hard Times

Mary Nelson 12-05-2008

Changing Places: How the Obama Election Transformed Historic Locations

Jim Wallis 11-10-2008

Having talked to many friends since the election, I am conscious of how lots of us are still trying to let what happened sink in.

Post-racial? No, Not Yet -- So Let's Get to Work

Mary Nelson 11-05-2008

I shed tears last night as I stood with thousands in Chicago's Grant Park cheering our new President-elect Obama, contrasting that with crowds' hatred and bigotry I experiences more than 40 years a

Fear and Fun on a Fellowship Field Trip

Bart Campolo 8-15-2008

I've been on lots of roads trips, but none of them compare to The Walnut Hills Fellowship's weekend journey to Chicago. Start to finish, it was a thing of rare beauty. We had been talking about it for months, of course, but I think most of our neighborhood friends still didn't really believe it was going to happen. After all, people around here are always talking about things they don't really intend to do. [...]