Craig’s Blog
A Lifetime of Vocation
This past weekend I participated in a surprise retirement party for my sister! Ginger retired at the end of May after working for 50 years. During...
The Cicada Theory
I find the invasion of the cicadas fascinating! The sheer volume of their mating songs makes their presence unavoidable. While home in St. Louis, I...
Encountering the Living God
Last week’s Assembly had business, motions, and votes. We had great storytelling about acts of justice in the diverse communities in the presbytery....
A New Office Strategy
The Presbytery of Chicago is one of a few urban presbyteries in the PC(USA) with congregations only in the city and suburbs. There are no...
Board of Pension Changes
The reaction to the Board of Pension changes is sweeping through social media and other communications like a mighty wind! Anxiety is high, worry...
Small Efforts
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to interview author Jim Wallis at Fourth Presbyterian Church. At the end of the interview, the audience...
Should More Congregations Collaborate?
“They don’t talk to each other.” These are the words from another executive presbyter about two congregations within a short distance of each other....
Preaching Peacemaking
This is a national election year. In November we will choose the next president of the United States. I remember when talking about elections was...
Lessons from My Father
Happy Easter! Easter is the time to build upon the momentum from Lent through the end of Holy Week. Easter leads to Pentecost. In the gap between...
Learning to Pause
This has been an enjoyable Lenten season! Okay, I’m not sure we are supposed to enjoy Lent! After all, it is the season of fasting, giving up, and...
Live Free or Die
There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ...
A Presbytery Changing and Being Changed
Change. Experiment. Connect. Share. Tornado warning! These are the words that characterize the Presbytery Assembly that gathered at Elmhurst...