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Archive for April, 2007
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007Building a Legacy – Urbana 2006
A Campus Ministry Primer for Cities
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007Student Venture Playbook: A Campus Ministry Primer for Cities. Buy it TODAY! I had the privilege of collaborating with Kevin Young and Student Venture New York in designing and writing commentary for their staff training book. After months of envisioning, drafting, designing, and editing, and a baptism by fire in the world of self-publishing, the [...]
A Culture of Compassion
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007+ Thirty-two innocent victims. + Dozens wounded. + One crazed gunman. + Nearly eight years to the day after Columbine, another student at a different school commits the most heinous mass murder in US history. _____________________ On September 11, 2001, my father found himself at the scene of the worst terrorist attack in our nation’s [...]
Monday Morning MP3
Monday, April 16th, 2007Leading and Managing Strategically Living Hope Strategic Planning Weekend 2006 UPDATE (4/17/07) The technical problem that prevented yesterday’s download has been corrected.
Sunday Stew
Sunday, April 15th, 2007+ Context matters. One of the world’s greatest musicians plays music by one of the worlds greatest composers on a centuries old instrument regarded as one of the world’s greatest musical treasures, and no one notices. The Washington Post writer debriefs the experiment here. + Empire State Building death plunge. Diana and I were just [...]
Proud to be from Brooklyn
Sunday, April 15th, 2007Could Jackie Robinson have integrated professional baseball — 8 years before Brown v. Board of Ed — anywhere other than in Brooklyn, New York? History records that Brooklyn Dodger President Branch Rickey defied every MLB franchise owner when he signed Robinson in 1946. But had the Dodgers played in Boston or Atlanta or any other [...]
Which is more offensive?
Sunday, April 15th, 2007I’ve written about this before, but in light of WFAN’s firing of Don Imus and today’s celebration of Jackie Robinson, I can’t help but wonder: Which is more offensive: Imus’ on-air comments or WFAN’s off-air hiring decisions? Tony Paige is WFAN’s only black radio personality among 41, and including Sweeny Murti, WFAN broadcasts only two [...]
"He knows that we know his leadership lacks integrity"
Friday, April 13th, 2007Jason Whitlock on Rev. Al and the Imus melodrama (watch on CBS News if YouTube video doesn’t work). UPDATE More class from Coach Vivian Stringer and the Rutgers basketball team. Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer said Friday the team had accepted radio host Don Imus’ apology. She said he deserves a chance to [...]
Friday’s Foto Finish
Friday, April 13th, 2007More Distortion pics here. Jeremy’s Flickr pics here.
A contrast in race matters
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Fortunately, Rev. Al’s reactionary racial motiff isn’t the only option for those who care about reconciliation and justice. Contrast his hypocritical bombast with the humble determination of North Park University Professor Soong-Chan Rah. HT: Peter Ong and Jesus Creed. For good measure, another link to Ed Gilbreath of Reconciliation Blues. And oh, by the way, [...]
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