Archive for October 16th, 2005
Yankee alums lead the way
Sunday, October 16th, 2005Congratulations to Jose Contreras of the White Sox for pitching his team into its first World Series birth since 1959, and a chance at their first title since 1917. Similarly, Andy Pettite has an opportunity to get the Houston Astros to their first ever Fall Classic on Monday. Along with Roger Clemens and Orlando “El [...]
Pastor Roger has officially joined the journey
Sunday, October 16th, 2005This morning at church, Pastor Roger McPhail preached a sermon on “Christ and Culture†and confessed that after 25 years of ministry, he’s re-embarked on a journey to discover what the New Testament Jesus would look like in our 21st century neighborhoods. It was inspiring to hear a recognized apostolic leader in the city say [...]
Storytellas at it again
Sunday, October 16th, 2005Brian Meza and his friend Joshua flew in from California for the weekend. We hooked up yesterday for lunch at Vincent’s in Little Italy and dinner at Crossroads Tabernacle in the Bronx, for the third and final showing of The Man. Hip Bop (â€Âa fusion of hip-hop and bebopâ€Â) flava, musical virtuosity, and theological depth [...]
He messed up my sermon
Sunday, October 16th, 2005At NYU’s InterVarsity (MEF) meeting last Thursday, a student named Gerard messed up my sermon. Just kidding. Actually, he enhanced it even though his testimony compelled me to change the scripture text minutes before speaking. Born and raised in the Philipines, Gerard moved to the U.S. as a teenager when his mother got a job [...]
GodBlogCon wrap up
Sunday, October 16th, 2005DJ Chuang facilitated a breakout session on emerging church blogs at the GodBlogCon conference this weekend at Biola University, in between live blogging from the conference. He has various posts including the following excerpt from “GodBloggers Publish or Perish“: “Instead of having an answer to dispense and entice others to buy-in through persuasion, blogging is [...]
“Something happened that shouldn’t have happened.â€Â
Sunday, October 16th, 2005“The Louisiana attorney general’s office is investigating allegations that mercy killings occurred and has requested that autopsies be performed on all 45 bodies taken from the hospital after the storm.“Orleans Parish coroner Frank Minyard said investigators have told him they think euthanasia may have been committed. “‘They thought someone was going around injecting people with [...]