Pastor Lawrence MichaelNov 12, 20192 min Why Does It Take So Long?After six decades of breathing I am at a place where I finally think I have a few things figured out. Very few, but a few. Still there...
Pastor Lawrence MichaelOct 30, 20191 minGratitude Pilgrimage Soon...This coming Sunday the members and friends of the Historic Bethany Union Church of Chicago will begin their 26 day pilgrimage into Thank...
Pastor Lawrence MichaelSep 30, 20192 minWhy do I have to go?When we begin to understand that our time is minuscule. We may decide to become more intentional about our living. We may seek not to be...
Pastor Lawrence MichaelSep 19, 20192 minMeanings MeanHas the circle moved in closer? Or perhaps it is a noose that has tightened? Not only has someone moved my cheese, they have proven to me...
Pastor Lawrence MichaelAug 19, 20194 minPUDDY NOSE JESUS PUDDY NOSE JESUS A long time ago, Dean Bogie Dunn warned us seminarians about the puddy nose Jesus. He warned us that this paddy nose was...
Pastor Lawrence MichaelAug 12, 20194 minA Jesus Manifesto A JESUS MANIFESTO Of course Jesus never wrote a manifesto, nor a novel, or any book at all. The Holy Bible was not written by Jesus but...
Pastor Lawrence MichaelAug 5, 20193 min225+ Years of Modern Psychiatry. And we are still Cra Cra.Shouldn’t things be getting better by now? I am aware that there have been amazing strides in how humans can live and flourish. But for...
Pastor Lawrence MichaelJul 29, 20193 minWe All Take the Road Less Traveled. Tribalism UnmaskedCarl Sandburg wrote that all to familiar poem which would guide us to taking the path that is not as well traveled as the other. We all...
Pastor Lawrence MichaelJul 15, 20192 minDisintegrationThis picture of Christ depicts him walking in solidarity with the masses of migrants, refugees, and “illegals.” Never will you see the...