by DarrenCalhoun | Jun 1, 2015 | Ministry
Tonight (6/9/2015) I’ll be hosting a Living In The Tension gathering for [The Marin Foundation](http://TheMarinFoundation.org). 7pm at First Free Church (5255 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60640). We’ll be looking at and discussing the history and influence of LGBT...
by DarrenCalhoun | Dec 1, 2014 | Thoughts and Reflections
When someone puts a bullet into my body or chokes the life out of me for whatever reason, there will still be a great many people who “love” me but sit silently while I’m portrayed as someone who doesn’t deserve due process or an independent investigation. They will...
by DarrenCalhoun | Nov 1, 2014 | Featured Posts, Thoughts and Reflections
* On November 26, 2014 a post that I was invited to write was featured on The Marin Foundation’s Patheos blog. It was a great honor to be asked to share my thoughts and perspective on the current unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. The full text of my post is here. I...
by DarrenCalhoun | Mar 1, 2013 | Unclassified
[Image: originally included an image that is no longer available] I’m Darren. Darren Khalil Calhoun to be exact. Most people call me Darren, but my mom calls me Calhoun and sometime we call each other Franky. I’ve been called a number of names… most of them Good and...
by DarrenCalhoun | Aug 1, 2012 | Photography
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by DarrenCalhoun | Jun 1, 2012 | Video
**UPDATE 8/2/2012: This story was picked up by NewCity and featured in their publication here.** Today, I was riding an overcrowded CTA Red Line Train. The train was hot, we were sweating, everyone was constantly pressed into one another, and for the last 10 stops, it...
by DarrenCalhoun | Feb 1, 2012 | About Me
Hey friends and family! [Image: originally included an image that is no longer available] This entry is more of a personal one but also about the work I’m doing to build bridges with the Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ) community and churches. In the...
by DarrenCalhoun | Feb 1, 2012 | How-to
Someone wrote in to ask about how to find music that won’t get flagged for copyright violations by sites like YouTube or Facebook. As more people are producing videos for online use, they are running into the challenge of finding music to use without having their...
by DarrenCalhoun | Jan 1, 2012 | Featured Posts, Thoughts and Reflections
This morning I had the wonderful experience of waking up to find there was NO running water in my building. Apparently sometime during the cold Chicago night a pipe burst. Emergency work is being done to repair the damage, and things should be back to normal by days...
by DarrenCalhoun | Jan 1, 2012 | How-to, Social Media
If you have installed or created a custom page on Facebook this quick tutorial will show you the steps to make it the default landing page for new visitors (people who have not liked your page or people who are not logged into Facebook. This tutorial assumes that you...