Archive for April, 2005
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Sunday, April 24th, 2005It had been so long I forgot most of the film. So I took advantage of an off Sunday (Diana and Judah joined Jo to drive Willie and Amber back to Massachusetts this morning) and watched Godfather II (after church, go figure) this afternoon. My feelings about this movie are almost exactly the opposite as [...]
Motorcycle Diaries
Sunday, April 24th, 2005I finally got around to watching Motorcyle Diaries this weekend, after anticipating it since last summer. On the whole, I was disappointed with the movie, as a movie, because of a pace that d-r-a-g-g-e-d at parts, and the inclusion of too many “roadtrip” cliches. But the point of the film I loved, even though Ernesto [...]
Someone has an agenda
Sunday, April 24th, 2005“Porn is just another form of entertainment now.” At least, that’s what the L.A. Times apparently would have you believe. Check out this sobering article Rudy references about S-E-X.
From our friends at the Coalition re. Billy Graham
Friday, April 22nd, 200562 days until the Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade (June 24-26). 63 days until Get Real concert (June 25). … If 5 million young people in the tri-state area are truly going to have a credible opportunity to experience God’s anointing through Billy Graham, we need to spread the word. Please forward this email [...]
BREAKING poll NEWSFLASH poll
Thursday, April 21st, 2005[This post represents the first ever poll at this blog.] Please reply Yes/No (plus or minus any comments). Are evangelicals/charismatics overloaded on conferences? [BIAS ALERT -- If you want to avoid any undue influence in how you reply to the question, stop reading now, submit your reply, then proceed with the rest of the post.] [...]
Preview Get Real artwork
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Judah broke wood today …
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005with one punch at his tae kwon do class … after just 7 classes. He’s only four! Kids his age aren’t supposed to do that.
Let’s get viral
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005What do Hush Puppies shoes and declining crime in East New York have in common? More importantly, why should we care? According to Malcolm Gladwell in The Tipping Point, they’re both “textbook examples of epidemics in action,” and epidemics are what make “the unexpected become expected, where radical change is more than a possibility …. [...]
Primal prayer
Monday, April 18th, 2005“How are you?” I said, not really expecting a reply. All my neighbor Morris ever did was grunt at me. From “Loving New Yorkers Through Prayer,” by Diana’s uncle, Roger McPhail, in Decision magazine here.
Bittersweet
Monday, April 18th, 2005Today is bittersweet for the Vecchione clan. Nonna is being released from the hospital after surviving several life scares last week — the good news. But she returns home with a pancreatic cancer diagnosis and the textbook prognosis of 0-6 months to live. The impact of the news gripped me last Thursday. Hearing the MercyMe [...]
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