Craig’s Blog

We’re in a delicate historical moment for our denomination. The unification of the Presbytery Mission Agency (PMA) and the Office of General...

Happy New Year! I’m still struggling to form the words 2025 with my lips! I remember a time in the 1990s when I tried to imagine what the 21st...

While visiting my dad this weekend, I passed by Robert Frost, the junior high school I attended in Hazel Crest, IL, which covered the 7th and 8th...

I’m intrigued by organizational workflow. I enjoy watching my meal preparation at a fast-food restaurant. I look for efficiency and bottlenecks. The...

Advent is a time to be inspired and prepare the soil of the soul for Christ’s arrival. Each Advent, I challenge myself to read one book per week....

Advent is the season of waiting. During Advent, we light the candles of hope, faith, joy, and peace on the Advent wreath, and we end with the...

When I was 16, I was on a track team that did a 30-day European tour. This weekend, I attended the 50-year reunion of the 1975 South Side Striders!...

Last week I participated in a Civil Rights Pilgrimage. Fourth Presbyterian Church, Community Presbyterian Church of Clarendon Hills, and the...

Marilyn and I celebrated our 20th anniversary with a cruise to Alaska earlier this month. While in Skagway, we did an excursion on a vintage train...

Last weekend, the New York Times ran an article titled, “The Black Church Has a Gen-Z Issue: ‘They Don’t Come Into the Building Anymore.’”...

On Thursday, September 26 at noon, I will host a webinar discussion about numerical growth featuring three pastors in our presbytery. Becca Bruner...

On Saturday morning, I went for a long, vigorous walk. Through exercise, I can control my weight and blood sugar while getting good cardio work....