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Archive for January 9th, 2007
A 30-year Vision for Urban Youth Ministry Networking?
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007Chris Brooks has been facilitating the Urbnet Summit on behalf of the NNYM and began our time together with a “futuring” exercise. In small(er) groups, we were asked to imagine what a national network of urban ministries (Urbnet) might look like in 3-years, 10-years, and 30-years. Participants include: Virginia Ward (Boston), Brian Dye (Chicago), Tommy [...]
Please pray for Aunt Mary
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007Diana’s Aunt Mary has defied the doctors by living with Ovarian Cancer for the better part of ten years, after she was given months when they first diagnosed it. We got the call yesterday that she’s taken a turn for the worse and only has days left. Please pray for her and Uncle Jonny and [...]
Black/Brown Racial Strife
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007Rudy’s blogging about Black/Brown racial strife in Los Angeles, and exerpts a provocative article from the Los Angeles Times. Over the years, there’s also been a tendency on the part of observers to blame the conflict more on African Americans (who are often portrayed as the aggressors) than on Latinos. But although it’s certainly true [...]
Urbnet takeaway
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007“When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.†– Ethiopian proverb, shared by Cheryl Beard (Memphis)