According to a 2007 report put out by the World Bank, approximately one billion people (out of 6.7 billion) live in extreme poverty, earning less than one dollar a day. The number of severely malnourished people in the world is about the same as the combined population of the United States, Canada and the European … Continue reading Message: (Under)Estimated… →

I was at a family reunion last summer, talking to one of my many cousins, when an aunt joined the conversation with questions about our adult lives (having not spent much time with us since we were children). Hearing that I am now serving as a pastor she remarked, “that’s wonderful – and to think, … Continue reading Message: Growing Pains… →

I took a day of continuing education in June to go with a small group of clergy back to a learning farm at Prairie Crossing, a small conservation community in Lake County, Illinois. While I was there I got to see student farmers and young children learning the craft of small, sustainable, local, organic farming. … Continue reading Message: Deeply Rooted Faith… →