Apr
19
2010
The Future of Creation 2010 Foundations for a Just and Sustainable World Presents a Celebration of Earth Year at LSTC April 27, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM with Reception Following Interfaith Perspectives on Environmental Justice and Sustainability Featuring Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Speakers: Yossi Brackman Rabbi and Director Chabad Jewish Center at the [...]
Apr
19
2010
Reflections at the Intersections of Hunger, Homelessness, Food & Faith Thursday, April 29th 2010 6:00-8:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church of Chicago 64th and South Kimbark Avenue Gathering people of faith who are working to end hunger and homelessness in their communities for a LIGHT MEAL and NETWORKING: How are we working? Share ideas and resources [...]
Apr
12
2010
In many ways this is what Good Friday is about: being human.
Apr
08
2010
Ash Wednesday Sermon Barnaby Riedel Just before dinner, after she served him his nightly cocktail, the writer Joan Didion’s husband of forty years suffered a massive heart failure and died. Having returned from the hospital just two hours later she penned the lines that would open her memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking: Life changes [...]
Apr
08
2010
Both the Hebrew Bible and Gospel readings for today feature a transformation—Moses’ face shines because he’s had contact with God, while Jesus’ divine nature is revealed to Peter, James, and John. Both readings, furthermore, focus our attention not just on the transformation itself but in the surrounding community’s reactions to the transformation. In the Hebrew [...]