Not the headlines we want...

By now you've probably heard about the mass-murders yesterday here in Tinley Park, with 5 women shot to death in a Lane Bryant store just 2 miles from our campus. It's another in a series of tragic and senseless violent acts that seem to occur at random throughout our country - as our own mayor said, "we're a victim of our own society that we live in"

In the 19 years that I've lived here, I think this is the first time Tinley Park has made national news headlines....but this is sure not the way we wanted publicity. My heart is that people would hear of Tinley Park because of what God is doing among us at CLC, not that the enemy gets notoriety for inspiring such horrific violence against innocent victims.

Jesus said, "the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy. But I have come that you might have life, more abundantly". Yesterday's tragedy brings it home: we must reach people with the gospel!

Please pray for the families of the victims. At least one of the ladies who were slain has a number of friendship connections with our Shorewood campus, as they worshipped together in a previous church. I'll be ministering there this morning and will possibly give you more info later.