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Archive for March, 2005
Next Entries »Akon’s achin’ ghetto
Monday, March 7th, 2005If you ever wondered why God loves inner city kids, check out the (cheesey pun alert!) aching song Ghetto by hip hop/R&B singer Akon. An immigrant to NJ from Senegal, he was ensnared by the streets until a jail stint forced him to concentrate on his music. A lyrical sample follows: These streets remind me [...]
Freedom marches on
Monday, March 7th, 2005Syria’s occupyers began moving out of Lebanon today after moving in nearly 30 years ago in 1976. This after Lebanon’s pro-Syrian puppet government “resigned” last week to make room for democratic elections, in response to demands by community protesters. Does this mean the so-called “Bush Doctrine” is actually working? Even Bush cynics from mainstream media, [...]
Tiger envy
Monday, March 7th, 2005After a 26-week hiatus, Tiger Woods is back on top (of his game and the PGA rankings). Yesterday he overcame a two stroke deficit on the tournament’s final day, beating arguably the hottest player on the tour and establishing a course record along the way. And he did it in vintage Tiger style, with an [...]
Discipleship as Reality TV?
Saturday, March 5th, 2005As if throwing him on stage to preach to 10,000 people and then parading him in front of the media spotlight weren’t enough pressure for former Korn guitarist Brian Welch’s emerging faith, now he wants to “make TV history” by doing a so-called reality TV show to document his “life change.” Four months ago, Welch [...]
Deja vu all over again
Friday, March 4th, 2005A Thursday afternoon conversation felt like deja vu. Josh Carey, a junior from the InterVarsity chapter at City College, drove me back to the office after I spoke at the school, and shared with me his desire to see the Gospel relevantly presented on campus. Simultaneously hopeful and frustrated, empassioned and cautious, Josh sounded like [...]
Viva la revolution! – Part 2: the Mobilization Strategy
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005So my original report from Square One promised a follow-up post with next step instructions. Here goes. 1. Grow the army. To the extent we’re serious about giving 5 million young people in the Greater New York area a credible opportunity to attend Billy Graham’s “Get Real” Crusade, 787 youth leaders is a nice start [...]
Too much too soon?
Tuesday, March 1st, 2005Former Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch quit the multi-plantinum metal band last week, 2 months after receiving Christ into his life, due to conflicts over their videos and lyrics. This weekend, he shared his testimony at a southern California church to an estimated 10,000 church goers. MTV has been all over this story for the [...]
2 Cents for 50
Tuesday, March 1st, 2005Trouble seems to follow hip hop bad boy flava of the month 50 Cents wherever he goes. The latest: someone got shot last night during a melee between 50′s entourage and Game loyalists in the lobby of Hot 97 while “Fitty” was on air in the studio. My 2 cents for 50: Get some new [...]
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