Precious Lord by Thomas A. Dorsey – Birth of a Song
Back in 1932, I was 32 years old and a fairly new husband. My wife, Nettie and I were living in a little apartment on Chicago’s Southside. One hot August afternoon I had to go to St. Louis, where I was to be the featured soloist at a large revival meeting. I didn’t want to go.
Continue readingWhere Did O’Hare Airport Get its Name?
Should O’Hare Airport be Named Butch and Easy Eddie O’Hare Airport? These two stories about the naming of O’Hare Airport illustrate the cost of patriotism and of repentance and the need for both of these qualities in all of us. We are not all pilots or enablers of the likes of Al Capone but we […]
Continue readingTeen Sings “I Don’t Want the (church) Service to End!” Wow!
COMMUNITY is a church that began as the dream of five friends from college who wanted to create a place that would help people find their way back to God. Services were first held in the Naperville Central High School cafeteria, and 8 years later COMMUNITY launched its first additional location in Romeoville, IL. […]
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