Archive for April 26th, 2007
Ridin’ the A-train
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Judah and I are riding the A-train (the A-rod Train) all the way to phenom Phil Hughes’ first start tonight, courtesy of my new favorite Yankee fan James Pugner. I met James in March at Willow Creek’s Shift conference in Illinois. He’s a transplanted New Yorker ministering to youth in — of all places — [...]
For Latinos, Faith Matters
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Yesterday’s release of Pew Hispanic Center’s study “Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of American Religion” confirmed what Hispanic community leaders have long known to be true anecdotally. Faith matters. And increasingly, a particular flavor of Christianity is exerting special influence. Renewalist [a/k/a Pentecostal or charismatic] Christianity, which places special emphasis on God’s ongoing, day-to-day [...]
Honor where
Thursday, April 26th, 2007[Click here for Part 1] The third signpost came after I left Lisa at peace with the idea that if Generation Xcel’s holiday appeal failed to produce an effective donor response, we could close our doors in January 2006 in good conscience. So we sent out our appeal, and we got … an abysmal response. [...]