“May they be one, as the Father and I are one.” Jesus expressed the desire of his heart in this prayer for us, his people, Yet we confess this has not been true. The divisions between whites and blacks in our culture at large Have been just as strong in the church. Yet Jesus prayed, […]

Pentecost (or First Fruits) is one of the three major Jewish feasts established in the Torah (Leviticus 23:15-16).  It was celebrated fifty days after Passover when the first fruits of the wheat harvest were presented to God and it commemorated the giving of the Law to Moses on Sinai.  All Jewish males were expected to […]

I wasn’t ready for the 2015 Equipped to Heal Conference. I had been anticipating the conference since I had heard about it a month before; I was excited to learn how to pray for the healing of others, but I was completely unprepared for the healing that God was wanting to do in me. The […]

By: Karen Savella It’s a funny thing when the sight of a barefoot, mustachioed man walking across a church sanctuary at eight o’clock in the morning is met with just a sleepy smile and a wave, instead of confusion and perhaps a security guard. But then again, this is SEND we’re talking about. It’s not […]

On the sunny and brisk morning of March 6th, 2016, I opened the enormous wooden doors of Swift Hall on Northwestern University’s campus. On this particular Sunday, we were gathering together to celebrate that just over 10 years ago, Church of the Redeemer held its first service in another small chapel that sat in the […]