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Archive for December, 2006
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Sunday, December 24th, 2006Merry Christmas, Honey – or is it Kyra?
Sunday, December 24th, 2006UPDATE: Judah changed her name three or four times last night, finally settling (I think) on Kyra — which was inspired by Mom’s comment that her coloring is like caramel. ______________________ Christmas visited Judah a day early, courtesy of scheduling issues with the pet store. For two years or so, Judah’s been pleading for “a [...]
Youth Explosion lives life on The Stoop
Friday, December 22nd, 2006- My latest article (January 2007, Tri-State Voice) Proverbs promises that wisdom cries out in the streets, waiting to be found by those who seek her. The Stoop, an original musical by Youth Explosion Ministries in Glendale Queens, depicted what she looks like: joyful, strong, engaging, and at peace with herself, her neighbors, and her [...]
Random Thursday
Thursday, December 21st, 2006You are Time magazine’s Person of the Year. But look at 2006 through a different lens and you’ll see another story, one that isn’t about conflict or great men. It’s a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It’s about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people’s network [...]
One Punk under God, Week 2
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006If you missed last week’s premiere of Jay Bakker’s Sundance special, catch week 2 tonight. The first episode of One Punk Under God depicted a broken life in the process of restoration. The trailer for tonight promises more of the same. Related + Jay Bakker’s CNN Commentary: What the hell happened to Christianity? + Jay’s [...]
Will Smith’s Pursuit of Happyness
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006The #1 movie last weekend is more than a movie to star Will Smith. “I was struck by the commitment that (Gardner) had to this idea of who he was, and what he wanted his life to be. … He gambled everything. He put his trust in God, and in the face of homelessness and [...]
On Hoochie Mommas and Horndogs
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006A new study finds that 95% of Americans born since the 1940s have had premarital sex. Is that surprising considering that Americans born since the 40s lived through the sexual revolution of the 60s and subsequent hyper-sexualized pop culture? Might there be a connection between a culture that celebrates uncommitted sexuality and people who enjoy [...]
Reflections from charity:ball
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006This event was a Christmas fundraiser for charity:, a global relief organization founded earlier this year by Scott Harrison. As a New York City club kid and party promoter for ten years, Scott lived the fast life and built a who’s who contact list of celebs and high society. But nothing could shake an emptiness [...]
Appropo of nothing in particular
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006My cousin (Steven)’s brother-in-law (Brian)’s brother-in-law (Todd Durkin) is the personal trainer for both LaDainian Tomlinson and Drew Brees, the two frontrunners for NFL MVP this year. The Washington Post scoops the story here. To think that three years ago Tomlinson stood on one foot in Durkin’s gym and tried to touch the floor only [...]
The “Ministry of Disequilibrium”
Monday, December 18th, 2006Joseph usually gets no love. As a supporting character in the greatest story ever told, and a bit player in the narratives about it, he’s left to lurk in the shadows cast by his stepson Jesus and the virgin mother Mary. My Uncle Dave pointed this out to me this summer, and said he wants [...]
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