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Calendar.
September 9. 1:00 p.m. Homeland Security Fall Religious Observance Safety and Security Briefing
September 13. 8:30 a.m. Chicago Presbytery Assembly at Garrett Theological Seminary
September 20. 9:00 a.m. Harbart Payne Park Cleanup for Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club
September 27. 10:00 a.m. Session Records Review Meeting at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
October 23. TBA. Purple Pinkie Fundraiser at Sketchbook Brewing Co. Evanston for Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club
Announcements.
Gerry became President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club on July 1, 2025.
Gerry was appointed to the Chicago Presbytery Assembly as Elder Commissioner.
For business related to the former publications Gay Chicago Magazine, Chicago Phoenix, and Opus Media, please refer to legal counsel.
Gerry is currently on leave as editor of GoPride.com—Chicago’s LGBT news site.

President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club 2025-26
Recent reading.
Did you know? Gerry reads every single day for at least one hour. He’s even successfully done this through two stays in the ICU at the hospital.
As of August 8, 2025, Gerry has read 1,578 days in a row or 227 weeks in a row, non-stop.
Recent writing.
Did you know? America almost ended HIV/AIDS housing program HOPWA
“This is just cruel,” said David Fields, a longtime HIV/AIDS housing advocate and case worker in Wisconsin and now doing similar work in Chicago.
An asylum-seeker mom and kids at the grocery store doors
Morning observation at the Green Bay Road Jewel in Wilmette, Illinois.
CBS cancels Stephen Colbert; definitely Trump bribe for media merger
It’s the highest-rated show on late-night television. Colbert has been voice for anti-Trumpism.
John MacArthur is dead; put his name on Bibles, said gays, women should be quiet
May his theology of exclusion die with him.
Rescissions vote aims to finalize cuts to NPR, PBS; endanger public journalism
Public media is necessary in a democracy, especially in a capitalist society that values commercially-driven messaging.
Cuomo is kneecapping Dems by challenging Mamdani; he’s protecting party elites
This is the branch of the Democratic Party that will sabotage the people’s choice to keep themselves in control.
Medicaid recipients can replace lost migrant labor, says USDA chief
Able-bodied vets with PTSD, persons with non-visible disabilities, can work in the fields, according to the Secretary of Agriculture.
Bishop Rojas shepherds flock away from ICE; releases obligation to attend Mass
Protestant leaders should follow his example to do whatever is in their power to provide Sanctuary—in all its meanings.
Utah to execute man with dementia; as dementia educator, I’m horrified
Courts have not fully educated themselves on the reality of dementia, that the man they’re executing is no longer the man who committed the crime.
My political hero? Mayor Fasi gets it done
The longtime firebrand Honolulu mayor can best Chicago’s Richard J. Daley.
Bishop Barron is wrong for Chicago Catholics; Pope should look elsewhere for archbishop
He is no humble shepherd. He is a multimillionaire media mogul with a culture wars axe to grind.
Next Chicago archbishop is important to Protestants, too
I disagree with plenty of Catholic theology—especially on LGBTQ and women’s issues. So why should I care? The answer is simple: Chicago.
No one deserves suffering; Texans deserve mercy
People, even those who claim to follow Jesus, say that victims of floods and other disasters somehow deserved what happened to them because of how they vote or where they live.
Superman vs. ICE agent. In Pilsen incident, ICE agent is hero
A mural showing Superman punching an ICE agent was vandalized—but only Superman got hit. The ICE agent in the painting was left untouched.
‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ embodies my own complicated faith and theology
This 1991 film about friendship, food, and small-town Alabama perfectly shows the kind of Christian love that shapes my faith, despite its complex background spanning different spiritual traditions through the generations in my family in the far-off Ilocos and Hawaii.
Colonized by America: Fourth of July is an insult to many
On July 4, 1946, the U.S. officially recognized the independence of the Philippines after nearly 50 years of American rule.
The lion didn’t dance; Argyle Night Market missed the mark at grand opening
They chose not to begin the opening night with one of the most meaningful and symbolic traditions in many East and Southeast Asian cultures, the lion dance.
Shadows of my heritage as I walked Argyle on the Third of July
I took in the scene, and suddenly, I saw not just the present but the past.
Where are the Roosevelts of today in our new Gilded Age?
We had giants who fought the top 1% of the wealthiest Americans. Now look at us. Look at what we have.

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