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Archive for April, 2007
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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. [...]
Pray for missing 3-year-old
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007A friend of my parents, Pastor Toy of Raven Ministries, emailed this afternoon that the three-year-old niece of one of his ministry staff members was kidnapped from a babysitter’s home sometime after midnight last night. Please pray for the Lana’s safety, and for her family as they endure the pain of the unknown. UPDATE (4/26/07) [...]
The Power (and Peril) of Praising your Kids
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Fascinating article at New York magazine about the inverse power of praise. “When we praise children for their intelligence,†Dweck wrote in her study summary, “we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart, don’t risk making mistakes.†… “Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control,†she [...]
Think before you post
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Powerful PSAs on the dangers of social networking. HT: Ben at UYWI Blog. Related + From “Say Everything” (New York magazine) …we’re living in frontier country right now. We can take guesses at the future, but it’s hard to gauge the effects of a drug while you’re still taking it. What happens when a person [...]
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Mooks, Midriffs, Myspace, and More Presented April 18, 2007 at Chinese Christian Herald Crusade’s Flushing Youth Center Thanks to Peter and PaLM for inviting me to share this at Engage, Laurence for recording and posting the video, and L2 Foundation and Chinese Christian Herald Crusades for making this possible! Related Mooks, Midriffs Downloadsday pay virginia [...]
Honor where it’s due, Part 1
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007“Be who you is because if you is who you ain’t you ain’t who you is.” Regular readers of this blog know that 2005 was a very difficult year for me. Professional disappointments, financial crises, family tragedies, wrongful accusations against a close friend, and the loss of Diana’s nonna after an aggressive bout with cancer [...]
Russel Simmons, gimme a break!
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007I have amazing respect for Russell Simmons and the impact his visionary embrace of hip hop has had on pop culture. But the latest from his Hip Hop Summit Action Network in the wake of the Imus scandal is ridiculous. He calls for rappers and producers to voluntarily bleep or remove the b- n- and [...]
Quitting Time
Monday, April 23rd, 2007John Liotti posted two great articles today. This one from Guy Kawasaki, an interview with Seth Godin on his new book, The Dip. Question: Other than hindsight, how does someone know when it’s time to quit? Answer: It’s time to quit when you secretly realize you’ve been settling for mediocrity all along. It’s time to [...]
Immythgration
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Bill Dahl from Porpoise Diving Life published “Immythgration” in Immigration Daily. “All this nonsense about everything changing since 9/11 is only political fodder to legitimize the fear and outrage agenda of those who want to capture an opportunity in our nation’s history to further preserve what they already have. This is done by redirecting their [...]
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