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U Matters - 26 Jun 2014

by Greg Anderson on June 26, 2014

I was walking down the sidewalk Tuesday in suburban Chicago, texting on my phone. Imagine my surprise when I found myself ankle deep in freshly poured cement. My new shoes, my favorite trousers, and my pride were ruined. The workers and Holly were amused rather than angry. I was fuming.

Life is like that. One second all is well, the next second life is like a word that sounds like bell. But even stuck in concrete, I thought of Romans 8. God promises that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. He will stick with us even when we are stuck.

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Greg Anderson

Greg Anderson joined Union as Senior Pastor in January 2007. He has served churches in England and in the US and has taught at Wheaton College. He has degrees from Wheaton, Princeton Seminary, Yale University, and the University of Minnesota. Greg has been married to and besotted by Holly for 29 years. They have four children: Lindsey a chemical engineer in Boston, Andrew a banker in London, Jamie an actor in LA, and John a student at Hong Kong University. Greg has a passion for preaching, evangelism, teaching, church growth, and equipping people for ministry in the marketplace. He gets teased for quoting C S Lewis too often and having a staff so stunning that people wonder what there is left for him to do. He collects and even reads books, watches baseball on the internet, and thanks God daily for the opportunity to serve with such an amazing congregation.