Sometimes, nothing but a blatant plug will do it. And here’s a little Uptown Chicago gem… JPUSA’s Citizen Skate Cafe. Yes, soon they will be relocating across the street into the new 935 W. Wilson digs. But as of now, they await you at 920 W. Wilson with some of [...]

We’re proud to be included in the OpenHouseChicago.org (OHC) events of this weekend. OHC is an outreach of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and celebrates the rich architectural history of our fine city while encouraging people to “discover why design matters.” OHC this weekend features 150 some Chicago landmarks, all over [...]

Jesus People of Chicago, a German documentary from 1991, is a fascinating visual diary of what our lives 21 years ago looked like.

Change and Growth A Lesson in Community by Micah Mundinger While growing up in Northern Indiana I spent a lot of time at my Grandparents’ house out in the country. They had several acres of land carved out between several nearby farms and patches of forest.

  [This article, with a photo gallery at article's end, is part II of a Planned III part series; Part I deals with Chelsea Hotel's construction in the 1920s and what happened next.] Through the 1930s into the first two-thirds of the 1960s Chelsea Hotel, despite its small studio apartments, [...]

We of Jesus People USA are members of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), a dynamic and open part of the Body of Christ providing to us a sense of homecoming. The below video is the first of a series the ECC just completed on their six “Covenant Affirmations.” Neither we [...]

  In 1978, when Jesus People USA first moved into Chicago’s Uptown after a few years in the Ravenswood community, I was one of the “single brothers” picked to move into our new 4707 N. Malden digs. Only a few months after the move, three of us were playing cards [...]

The Loonatic Fringe. offers some wonderful images of life at JPUSA, in the city of Chicago, at Cornerstone Festival, and more. Give yourself a visual treat as Tom Wray becomes your guide into (imagine the echo now)… The Loonatic Fringe!  

Jim Palosaari was one of the key early influences in my own faith journey. Jim passed away this week, and now come the memories. I suppose the core thing I want to say is that I learned several powerful truths from him that I will quote at the end of [...]

This article, written over twenty years ago, seems to me a direct response to the recent hysteria generated by Harold Camping’s false prophecy’s re Christ’s Return May 21 2011. A JOYFUL HOPE by Jon Trott [from Cornerstone Issue #67] I feel angry. Angry at those who have made the coming [...]