Archive for February 8th, 2005
Bloomberg, get over it
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005Sunday’s New York Times (2/06/08) examined the increasingly routine custom, somehow scandalous in my great city, of churches renting public school auditoriums for weekend services. Among others, the Times profiled our friends at Christ Tabernacle: Christ Tabernacle is just one of at least two dozen churches and other religious groups that have found homes in [...]
Billy Graham wants you
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005Friends and youth ministry colleagues: Get real for a second. Your youth are dying. Your neighborhood youth are dying even faster. Your church wants you to reach them. Your God called you to reach them. But you need help. So do I. This June a historic opportunity to reach your kids and mine, our city [...]
The ill effects of misplaced blogging
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005I heard terrible (maybe “terrible” is a bit overstated) news this afternoon. Two of my girls (mine insofar as they’re little sisters who are part of the Xcel family) are, or have recently been, punished because of things they wrote on their Xanga blog accounts. Girls, come on. You’re too bright, too insightful, (dare I [...]