Phil Kwiatkowski https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:25:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Phil Kwiatkowski https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: Why Would We Legalize a City-Destroying Drug? https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/04/spotlight-why-would-we-legalizing-a-city-destroying-drug/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:30:51 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=11339 Written by Benjamin Smith

A recent forum on marijuana, hosted by IFI, is the source of this week’s Spotlight podcast. Many factors contribute to the growing problem of homelessness in America and according to Pastor Phil Kwiatkowski, president of Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago, the most common factor is drug use and addiction.  With this reality in mind, how could anyone, especially in Chicago (ranked in the top 10 U.S. cities for homelessness), think that legalizing recreational marijuana is a good idea?… Continue Reading

]]> 11339 Why Do We Even Consider Legalizing a City-Destroying Drug? (Illinois Family Spotlight #141) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-141/ Tue, 09 Apr 2019 05:07:40 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=11332 On this edition of Spotlight, a few good men from Pacific Garden Mission testified against marijuana legalization at a community leader breakfast in March. Pastor Phil Kwiatkowski, the president of PGM laid out the case against commercialization from his perspective, then PGM counselors Ron Childers and Theodore Jones round out the second half of the podcast with the story of their personal bondage and subsequent emancipation from this destructive drug.… Continue Reading

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