It occurred to me that I didn’t give a final report of Luke’s safe return home from the hospital (we actually arrived yesterday afternoon). After a final matchbox car race across the floor, we received discharge papers and headed home. Thank God, he is doing well.
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Chris Castaldo is the Lead Pastor at New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, and is a fellow at the Center for Pastor Theologians. Whether it’s through his writing, speaking, or his bi-weekly Vlog, "A Brief Word from Pastor Chris," he desires to see the gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed and lives transformed for the glory of God.