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Monday, July 31st, 2006U.N. issues nuke deadline for Iran. Why bother? Does anyone actually believe Iran will abide the threat of UN sanctions?video ts sex fuck trannywomen photo nude hairywife swapping cuckold sharingpetite teens youhngstories cuckold interracial sex secret darknipple nipples lactating lactating torture,teens voyeur atmen gay fucking ebony Map
Church Growth, South American style
Monday, July 31st, 2006“The Wharton business school couldn’t have designed a better growth strategy.” – Wall Street Journal
Kowtows and whores?
Monday, July 31st, 2006How do we as followers of Jesus relate to politics? Frankly, I’m embarrassed at the Church: I’m embarrassed how liberal mainliners kowtow to the Democrats, equating the US Constitution on rights and freedoms as somehow equivalent to the gospel. And I’m embarrassed with the Religious Right’s whorish behavior of aligning itself with the Republicans. Jesus [...]
Six Degress of Reality Show separation
Monday, July 31st, 2006Not even. More like one degree. Last winter, my college friend was a contestant on Project Runway (Andrae Gonzalo). This summer, the son of Generation Xcel’s judo teacher is a Contender (Nick Acevedo). And in the upcoming season of Yo Momma, one of my former youth group kids (Jonathan Maldonado) makes us, hmm, we’ll see. [...]
Fighting poverty in NYC
Monday, July 31st, 2006The truth is, with all the gains we have made in recent years, one in five New Yorkers, or 1.7 million people, still lives in poverty. A closer look at the numbers reveals that poverty in New York disproportionately affects African-Americans and Latinos and is concentrated in several hard-pressed neighborhoods, primarily in The Bronx and [...]
Leadership Summit – Discounts still available
Saturday, July 29th, 2006Discounts still available through Mission New York. The Willow Creek Association Leadership Summit 2006 hosted by Christian Cultural Center via satellite is almost here! It takes place Thursday, August 10 – Saturday, August 12, from 10:00am – 6:00pm. Right now you can still register at the discount rate of $105. Availability is limited. Registration is [...]
What Benedictines and YWAMers can teach us about spiritual formation
Friday, July 28th, 2006Q: “So I return to my original question: What would happen to your life if you lived in close geographical community and relationship with other people; if you lived in submission to authority; if you practiced silence and simplicity and discipline; if you regularly read the Bible and prayed and meditated on what you read; [...]
PS 34, Take 2
Friday, July 28th, 2006Last month, Jonathan paved the Adopt-A-School way at P.S. 34, the public school across the street from Generation Xcel. Yesterday, Dorothy Rivera joined him as a second math teacher at the school. A Cornell University graduate and lifelong New Yorker, Dorothy spent the summer before her senior year on Xcel’s staff and worked full-time after [...]
Can you afford the ghetto tax?
Friday, July 28th, 2006From Barbara Ehrenreich’s response to the question, “Can you afford to be poor?” A new study from the Brookings Institute documents the “ghetto tax,” or higher cost of living in low-income urban neighborhoods. It comes at you from every direction, from food prices to auto insurance. A few examples from this study, by Matt Fellowes, [...]
The Christian Post cares
Friday, July 28th, 2006Do you?
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