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Friday, January 5th, 2007+ Friday night: Crossroads Tabernacle (Bronx, NY) for Rooftop + Saturday morning/afternoon: Roy and Mary’s Farm (Delaware Water Gap, NJ) for Grace Faith Church’s College Fellowship Retreat + Saturday night: Jetblue from JFK to Orlando, FL + Sunday: Del Rio Family Day at Uncle Isaac and Titi Odette’s House. + Monday – Wednesday: Urbnet Summit [...]
Baptists dont drink alcohol in front of each other
Friday, January 5th, 2007Tallskinnykiwi Andrew Jones has an amusing post about Baptists and Booze. Reminds me of this: In my experience, unbelievers don’t get offended when Christians have a Bud. Fundamentalist Christians do. Unbelievers tend not to notice, and when they do, it’s because they are relieved that they’re not being judged.
I fail to see the "bright side" of this
Thursday, January 4th, 2007“On the bright side, New York ranked slightly higher than the national average on the federal fourth-grade reading test, with 33 percent deemed proficient, compared with 29.8 percent nationally. On the eighth-grade math exam, 30.8 percent of New Yorkers passed, compared to 28.5 percent nationally.” Story. So 67% of New York City’s 4th graders aren’t [...]
Gaining Vision For Your Marriage
Thursday, January 4th, 2007Join Rob & Ann Stoppard and Matt & Katy Stevens on Friday, Feb. 16th – Sunday, Feb. 18th Gaining Vision For Your Marriage A life-giving marriage is essential to your success! What is the vision for your marriage? What does it take to sustain and nurture vision for a healthy marriage? Space is limited, so [...]
My New Year’s Resolution: Be a “Yet” Man
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007Walter Sotelo read a devotional before today’s Coalition leaders meeting, from Habakkuk 3: 17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, 18 [...]
The Spirit of Hip Hop
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007What do CNN and MTV have in common (other than revolutionary cable pedigrees)? Both have reported on the “Spirit of Hip Hop,” a syndicated Gospel Hip Hop radio show based in Atlanta. + Finding My Religion: Hip Hop Gets the Spirit (MTV) “It’s a good thing that we’re trying to find morals and boundaries,” veteran [...]
“The Race to the Bottom”
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007Has the New York Times become prophetic in its treatment of youth issues? Beside’s the library article, the Times also exposes the lure of “web sites without rules” to young people in today’s issue. Popular Web sites like YouTube and MySpace have hired the equivalent of school hallway monitors to police what visitors to their [...]
Lock the Library! Rowdy Students Are Taking Over
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007An institution that, like many nationwide, strives to attract young people, even offering beading and cartooning classes, will soon be shutting them out, along with the rest of the public, at one of the busiest parts of its day. Having spent more time in public libraries in the last two months that in my previous [...]
To be six again
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007Three parties in four days — and today is his real birthday! Pics of all the festivities here.
Happy New Year!
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