Archive for February, 2007
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007Transformations Pre-order Transformations postcards before March 15, save 20%. [Postcard front (minus copyright notice); 4x6; 4-color, matte finish; custom back available.] Back Copy: Transformations Greg King, 2002 Oil on Canvas Triptych measuring 8′×12′ Courtesy Community Solutions, Inc. Transformations depicts Community Solutions’ vision for community and individual renewal. The cityscape’s perimeter is characterized by the worst [...]
Finally Here
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007At Shift. Blogging here for a few days.
Wednesday’s Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007His Abounding Grace (Part 2 of 5)
Despise not the time of small beginnings
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007I’m blogging this from JetBlue’s wireless hotspot at JFK. Why? Because this morning I experienced a first: my first missed flight. I’m one of those people who hates to hang around airport waiting areas, prefering last minute mad dashes to the gate over leisurely strolls through the food court. So I usually budget just enough [...]
Activists
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Yesterday, my mother found an old flier from 1997 that represents my initiation to full contact faith and activism that restores justice. While the flier is busy and brash and reflects the idealism of a 22-year-old law student, the story behind the flier introduced me to the kind of activism we’ll be discussing at Shift [...]
From the Fellowship Hall to Full Contact Faith
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Session 5 Friday, March 2, 20079 – 10:30 a.m. From the Fellowship Hall to Full Contact Faith: Description Today’s youth are activists. They’re aware of social justice issues. They’re passionate and idealistic. A growing number of Christian students are less interested in simply going to church than they are in being the church. Instead of [...]
“The freakish growth of Bonds’ body parts”
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007The paperback release of Game of Shadows includes additional unchallenged details regarding Barry Bonds’ steroid regime. “… the freakish growth of Bonds’ body parts in his years with the Giants: from size 42 to a size 52 jersey; from size 10 1/2 to size 13 cleats; and from a size 7 1/8 to size 7 [...]
Monday Miscellany
Monday, February 26th, 2007+ Free to be a He-She. Manhattan Family Court Judge Sheldon Rand ruled this morning that the City must pay for a 21-year-old man’s sex change surgery because s/he had been in the care of the city’s Administration for Children’s Services as a teen. He called the surgery to remove one’s manhood “necessary” medical care [...]
Because it’s all about you
Monday, February 26th, 2007HT: Brother E
Please Pray for Tommy
Monday, February 26th, 2007(Tommy, climbing a rock wall at Judah’s 6th birthday party) One of Judah’s great friends since kindergarten is Tommy. Please pray for him today as he’s been hospitalized since Friday night for the second time in three months with a mysterious stomach condition. The doctors are still running tests to determine the cause and treatment [...]
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