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Archive for July, 2005
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Monday, July 18th, 2005So begins a recent editorial by Christianity Today. It continues: “The Declaration of Independence is not an infallible guide to Christian faith and practice. Nor is the U.S. Constitution, nor the U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights. “Original intent” of America’s founders is not the hermeneutical key that will guarantee national righteousness. The American flag [...]
I need a new laptop
Monday, July 18th, 2005p>Rudy and Bob (not to mention CoCo, Matt, and dozens of others) are working me over to get a Mac. It’s not a hard sell, actually. My first meaningful computer experiences were all on Macs, circa. 1985, and I preferred using Macs all the way through law school. But $$$ realities (the lack thereof) have [...]
Was it seven literal 24 hour days?
Monday, July 18th, 2005Literalists took a hit last week when Washington, DC’s Cardinal Theodore McCarrick said that a belief in “theistic evolution” can be consistent with Christian teaching. Predictably, some are outraged. Why? If the Genesis creation accounts (Genesis 1 and 2 offer two different tellings of the creation story from two different perspectives) are literally true, then [...]
My parents are stranded
Sunday, July 17th, 2005… in Cancun, Mexico, thanks to Hurricane Emily. They were supposed to fly back tonight in time for JLYNY tomorrow. Pray for safety and minimal damage. UPDATE, 7/19/05: My parents arrived safely back in New York around 1 this morning, and were at work bright and early today in the middle of the outreach. Sunday [...]
Abuelo’s coming
Sunday, July 17th, 2005(Abuelo, a la finca en Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Grandpa at the farm in Arecibo …) My grandfather is leaving the cows in Puerto Rico to someone else’s care in order to visit New York this week. (July 2002)He wanted to come for JLYNY — he’s such a proud dad watching his son minister during the [...]
In a class by himself
Sunday, July 17th, 2005I’ve always marveled at Tiger Woods. He’s younger than me, yet he won his tenth golf major this weekend at the British Open, in the same tournament big Jack Nicklaus said was his last. From the greatest to even greater in the same weekend: it’s the perfect passing of the torch. Tiger’s nothing if not [...]
Jesus Loves You, New York
Sunday, July 17th, 2005(That’s me on the left, at a street outreach in the early 80s, along with mom and dad, Jamie and Jonathan) This summer marks the 19th or 20th year of Abounding Grace’s annual “Jesus Loves You, New York” outreach. (I don’t recall if the first was in ’85 or ’86). Either way, I was a [...]
Documenting Dad
Sunday, July 17th, 2005p>Felix Olivier, a French filmmaker, will be filming a documentary about my father for the next three weeks. My Uncle Michael introduced him to dad’s 9/11 story a year or so ago, and the Charisma article from last April, “Not your Grandmother’s Pastor,” further piqued his interest: “With his tattoos and earing, New York City [...]
He is a champion!
Saturday, July 16th, 2005Willie’s little league team won the championship this week in a best of 3 series, winning the last two convincingly after losing a close game 1. As a result, their trip to New York was delayed a few days, but he and Amber drove down with Boom2, Judah, and Titi Diana on Thursday and they’ll [...]
Be-Witched
Friday, July 15th, 2005I visited Salem, Massachusetts — site of the infamous witch trials of 1692 — on Sunday for the first time. Walking the historic district for several hours, one thing became disturbingly clear. For all its talk about religious tolerance, seperation of church and state appears noticeably absent in the quaint coastal village. The entire town, [...]
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