Building a house takes time. There are endless steps, all sequenced, specialized, and permitted. Some stages call for machinery, while others demand painstaking, knuckle-bruising labor. Expertise and exertion, struggle and time. We’re watching this unfold in our neighborhood, cinder block by cinder block. What began as an empty lot suddenly featured a large cement pad […]
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Seeking the Kingdom
Seeking the Kingdom is like moving to a new area. It’s acclimating to a new culture, learning to appreciate a new type of beauty, discovering new routes, understanding new rhythms for where, when, and how to shop, adapting to new flavors of etiquette, and planting beauty where weeds long held sway. Kingdom seekers see the […]
The hurricane house.
Two years ago, a passing hurricane dropped a tree onto the roof of a nearby house. Not just a few low-hanging branches, but an entire tree, resting perpendicular to the ridgeline from the backyard to the front. It was a tragedy, and the neighborhood grieved for the homeowners. Thankfully, it didn’t remain a tragedy. Once […]
Board Reports & Jesus’ Return.
As the cliché goes, the best time to prepare for next quarter’s board meeting is the day after you leave this quarter’s board meeting. That’s when the board’s interests are clear and compelling, and you can harness all the seasoned wisdom and savvy anecdotes you just gleaned from a curated team of experts. Which elements […]
What ‘loving your neighbor’ looks like.
Chicago occupies nearly thirty miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. Much of it is parkland, so you can walk, ride bikes, swim the beaches, hear live music, visit museums, go sailing, and more. There’s even a Ferris Wheel. In direct contrast, the shoreline also features a highway. Lake Shore Drive, a commuting artery, borders the park […]
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