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Archive for February, 2005
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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 [...]
“The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience”
Monday, February 7th, 2005Ouch. A little backhanded reality from Ron Sider in Christianity Today. An excerpt: Scandalous behavior is rapidly destroying American Christianity. By their daily activity, most “Christians” regularly commit treason. With their mouths they claim that Jesus is Lord, but with their actions they demonstrate allegiance to money, sex, and self-fulfillment. The findings in numerous national [...]
Generational divides – something else to make you go hmm
Monday, February 7th, 2005It seems that yesterday’s no-nonsense halftime show was loved by everyone 40 and older, but support for Paul’s homage to “Get Back” to yesterday weakened proportionately as the viewers got younger. Certainly this was true of the crowd I watched the game with. The upstairs living room was filled with Boomers reminiscing about the days [...]
A fresh face, refreshing voice
Monday, February 7th, 2005One of Time’s 25 was a man named Brian McLaren. Although I’ve heard his name mentioned a couple times in the last few years, I had never read any of his books, heard him speak, or known much about his ministry. But after watching the clips from his appearance on Larry King last week, I’m [...]
Message or messenger — which is more distressing?
Monday, February 7th, 2005Disgraced baseball slugger Jose Canseco is about to turn a quick buck trying to bring down other Major League disgraces. A serial controversy, Canseco made trouble everywhere he went throughout his long career. He continues in retirement by publishing a book naming names of other accused steroid cheaters. On the one hand, cheaters need to [...]
Ho Hum Holiday
Sunday, February 6th, 2005The high holy day of American sport is over. Could there have been a less desirable match-up for a New York football fan than the Eagles (a Giants rival) and the Patriots (a Jets Rival)? As someone who roots for the Jets except for when they play the Giants, I had to begrudgingly root for [...]
Not bad for an 86 year-old man
Friday, February 4th, 2005Presumably in light of Time magazine’s recent list, Christianity Today is conducting an online poll of “the most influential evangelical.” No surprises here: Chuck Colson: 3% James Dobson: 17% Billy Graham: 53% Ted Haggard: 0% Bill Hybels: 1% Bishop T.D. Jakes: 6% Tim LaHaye: 2% Richard Land: 0% J.I. Packer: 3% Rick Warren: 10% John [...]
Mr. President, is this rhetorical or real?
Friday, February 4th, 2005In Wednesday’s State of the Union address, much was made of the President’s desire to “focus on our most-at-risk youth.” The White House summarized the proposals as follows: The President announced a new outreach effort, to be led by Mrs. Laura Bush, to focus on young Americans, especially young men, to help ensure a successful [...]
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