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Labor Day weekend was a lot of things to a lot of people. To former pastor Alexander Lang of Arlington Heights, it was the weekend his article, “Why I Left The Church”, went viral. It was eaten up by multitudes of mostly millennials and some Gen-Zers who hail from evangelical backgrounds, though Rev. Lang himself is not an evangelical. 

In 1830, George Wilson killed a government employee who caught him in the act of robbing the mail. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged. However, then President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, sent him a pardon. But Wilson did a strange thing. He refused to accept the pardon and no one seemed to know what to do.

In his book None of These Diseases, S. I. McMillen tells a story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on her application that asked, “Are you a leader?” Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, “No,” and submitted the application, expecting the worst. To her surprise, she received this letter from the college: “Dear Applicant: A study of the application forms reveals that this year our college will have 1,452 new l

A couple years ago, shortly after getting my pilot’s license, Linda and I took an impulsive flight to Rochelle, Illinois for dinner. While many restaurants were still closed because of the pandemic, I had heard there was a decent restaurant at the airport that was open.

We are six weeks away! Six weeks from launching our fifth campus (fourth location)!

A couple of weeks ago, Linda and I were in Talkeentna, Alaska, at the foot of Denali National Park, and the foot of that giant mountain. Most people don’t know that Denali is earth’s tallest mountain from base to peak on land. Those mountains that are taller are part of very high ranges where the land surrounding them are at a much higher elevation. We started into Denali from an elevation below Chicago, so from our flatland perspective, and from the foot of the mountain, Den

Sled dogs. They are fascinating animals. They absolutely love pulling sleds. Even in the summer, sled dogs have this driving desire to pull something. And they need the daily workout. Since the snow is gone, Husky trainers exercise them by harnessing the dogs to a UTV. Last week, Linda and I were at a kennel outside of Wasilla, Alaska and witnessed it.

Have you heard that church attendance in America is down? Actually, when you get into the details, you find that more people are attending evangelical churches in America today than ever before. 

I’ll admit, it used to make me feel uncomfortable. I’m sure some of you wonder why others in church lift their hands while singing, and it might bother you how people around you cheer and clap between songs.