Jesus came not to be served, but to serve. Welcoming the stranger isn't optional. It's an essential, Christ-like act. To be fair, it’s natural to get caught up in visiting the people we haven’t seen all week in the minutes before and after church services. However...
Rupert Boneham is probably a familiar face in your household. If your child is involved in youth ministries at Union Chapel, he's about to be even more familiar! Known to the world for more than a decade as fan-favorite "Rupert", from the reality television show Survivor, Boneham has...
Dear Friends: Life takes unexpected turns; we can't see around the corners that we approach and, in truth, it is just as well that we cannot. I rounded a corner in the past week, one that was inevitable and, yet, dreaded. My sister--my big sister, Carol--fell gravely ill...
Kurt Vonnegut is an Indianapolis hero, the author of Slaughterhouse-Five, of one of the twentieth century’s greatest novels. Join us on Monday, February 13, as we honor this masterpiece. The events of February 13, 1945 are the catalyst and cataclysm for Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut...
What WAS that? Sunday, January 22nd was a landmark in the history of this church -- a joyous culmination of our rebranding process which, in my 30 years as a public relations professional, is memorable as a uniquely congenial transition. God's hands were definitely in the work. Wait...Why...