Archive for September, 2006
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006In Philly, tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean I won’t be blogging. I will, as part of Rudy’s “Onofficial CCDA Blog.” I’ll publish CCDA related posts there, with links from this site, and personal and other posts here through Saturday.
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006For those who’ve inquired, you can once again make donations to support Community Solutions online. (For those who haven’t inquired, your gifts are welcome too!) The Paypal donate function is back up and running. All donations are tax-deductible.
“Mad” good times with Judah
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006+ First grade is starting to rub off on Judah. His newest favorite adjective: “mad.” Everything is mad good or mad easy or mad fun or mad hard. + The transition back to school was mad hard for him, as he cried nearly every morning for about a week. But the emotional turning point came [...]
More perspective, courtesy of YouTube
Monday, September 25th, 2006The Miniature Earth: “If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this …” cent ringtones 99eagle ringtones bald americanfree ringtones absolutleyolam ringtone adonairtel ringtonecomposer 3310 ringtones19952 de contact harringtonringtones 2.99 Map
A study in contrasts
Friday, September 22nd, 2006So I’m at the library, and Rudy and I are IMing thanks to free WiFi. He mentions that as a 7th grader he spent most of the summer at the library “wishing a pretty girl would walk through the door,” and reading the Guiness Book of World Records. Then we chat about that Sarah McLauchlin [...]
Blogging from the local public library
Friday, September 22nd, 2006Free WiFi, which reminds me … When people gripe about stuff — failing education, no vacation money, digital divide issues, inaccessible internet access — it would behoove them to visit the local public library. I haven’t been to one since studying for the bar exam, and before that, uh, hardly ever since junior high. Yet [...]
The Message on Justice
Thursday, September 21st, 2006… People hate this kind of talk. Raw truth is never popular. But here it is, bluntly spoken: Because you run roughshod over the poor and take the bread right out of their mouths, You’re never going to move into the luxury homes you have built. You’re never going to drink wine from the expensive [...]
Still a fan
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006“This year I found a balance in my life that I haven’t had before. Because my seasons have always been so easy, this year hasn’t been easy…. I feel God has a plan for me, and this is part of the plan. If He wants to say, ‘This is the bottom of the pail,’ then [...]
We are the body
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006So I’m watching this slideshow on Today at the Mission’s blog from Canada, and had to do a double take because my brother Jamie makes an appearance at 3:07 (on the right). I have no idea who JDWoody76 is or how he got Jamie’s picture (from the late 90s at a lower Manhattan street outreach), [...]
“20/20 Vision for a New Day”
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006Pastor Sam Meza and the congregation at Living Hope Community Church in San Fernando, CA, chose that as the theme for their first ever strategic planning retreat. Much love and appreciation to them for inviting me to participate in such a significant time for their ministry, including three leadership trainings on Friday and Saturday, and [...]
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