Emily McFarlan Miller

After Scandal, Willow Creek Celebrates Holy Spirit Christmas

Emily McFarlan Miller

December 20, 2018

Warm white lights twinkled on the artificial evergreen trees and garlands decorating the auditorium. The worship team sang upbeat Christmas carols “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” People in the auditorium seats dressed in cozy flannel and festive sweaters, greeting friends and sitting with family. For a few minutes …
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‘The Message’ Author Eugene Peterson Under Hospice Care

Emily McFarlan Miller

October 15, 2018

Eugene Peterson, the bestselling author of “The Message” and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd,” is moving into hospice and receiving palliative medical care. Peterson, 85, was hospitalized Tuesday (Oct. 9) “when he took a sudden and dramatic turn in his health caused by an infection,” according to an email from his son Eric …
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How They Turned Tom Cruise Into Jesus Christ

Emily McFarlan Miller

October 9, 2018

At the BibleWalk wax museum in Mansfield, Ohio, visitors will find Jesus, Moses, Paul and other biblical figures. They also may find Tom Cruise. BibleWalk, a collection of more than 300 wax figures, is perhaps best known for resurrecting used celebrity wax figures as characters from the Bible, including “King Solomon John Travolta” and “Tom …
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Is America Actually a Christian Nation?

Emily McFarlan Miller

September 28, 2018

The biggest reaction Eric Metaxas got from students this week at Judson University in suburban Elgin was when Judson President Gene Crume introduced him as one of the writers and voices on “VeggieTales,” a popular Christian animated series many Millennials grew up watching. Metaxas, who co-wrote an episode called “Lyle, the Kindly Viking” and narrated …
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