Category: community
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Reaching the worldwide community
First, a quick review: You might recall we were incorporated on September 14, 2012 as a cyber church. Over the last 8 years, we been building a measurable, sustainable, and reproducible foundation that requires our continued every day focus to the following: Recovering and embracing the original purpose of the church. Recapturing the lost experience…
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We need to be uncomfortable
by Elizabeth Shirk Elizabeth is our new “millennial writer.” She lives in inner city Chicago where her father is a “missionary” to the art culture there. Elizabeth recently graduated from college with honors and is pursuing a career in teaching. Their home is within earshot of some of the recent rioting. <emshirk00@gmail.com> Trinity is a…
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‘WWJD’ (What Would Jocelyn Do?)
“When the world gets better, we’ll have a pool party, and everyone’s invited.” – Jocelyn Anne Fischer “Okay, everybody in the pool!” That’s where we ended yesterday’s Catch. It’s Jocelyn’s party and everyone’s invited. She made no stipulation of color, gender, nationality, race, religion, or political faction — everyone’s invited. President Trump and Joe Biden…
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‘Jocelyn for President!’
“When the world gets better, we’ll have a pool party, and everyone’s invited.” I can’t leave this alone. This is my granddaughter Jocelyn’s solution to the global pandemic, global recession, racial unrest and rioting and looting going on right now in this country. A pool party. That is just nothing short of brilliant. When I…
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God stops oceans
I was recently standing in a restaurant take-out line for lunch. You know the scene, I’m sure. You’re standing there with a surgical mask firmly in place over your nose and mouth, and Xs on the sidewalk that show you where to stand six feet apart. Then someone comes out the door with their order…
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‘It’s not about you’
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:1-2 “What does it mean to be humble, gentle, patient and bearing with one another in love?” I posed the question to our online Zoom…
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Missing the crowds
I’m so excited. Marti and I have tickets to see Hershey Felder perform Monsieur Chopin tomorrow night at the local theater. Felder is an incredible talent who has created a number of one-man shows where he dons the clothes, the accent and the character of a classical piano composer and spends an evening with his…
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a sacrificial poet
This is the logo for one of the open mic’s John attends. John wants to welcome any Chicago visitors to “The Catch,” and thank them for welcoming him into their community. John Shirk is a missionary to Chicago … sort of. His actual job title is “ambassador.” Missionary is a complicated word…
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Keeping the unity of the Spirit
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:3-6 This is a time to…