Archive for June, 2007
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007Abuelo entered heaven’s gates. Here, in his memory, El Patriarca.
El Patriarca - Final
Friday’s Foto Finish
Friday, June 29th, 2007Remembering Abuelo, at his coffee finca in Arecibo, PR. He entered eternity a year ago tomorrow. More Abuelo pics like this here.
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
(Your) Two Cents
Many times, it’s hard to see past our own lives. As westerners we have a great deal of wealth, but what do we choose to do with it? If we really believe that everything belongs to God, does that include our wallets as well?
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She needs no introduction, but …
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007I’ve been privileged to get to know Kara Powell over the past year. She’s a Fuller Seminary professor, much published author, and the director of Fuller’s Center for Youth and Family Ministries. We met initially last April as part of UYWI’s Reload Curriculum team, and subsequently collaborated on the Justice for All project [...]
Facebook and Myspace: Crushing the competition … along class lines?
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007I came across two fascinating Facebook/Myspace articles today. As a student of both technology and youth culture, they are provocative taken seperately. But read together, they paint a troubling portrait.
The first (via Rudy) projects that Facebook is ready to “crush” its social networking competitors, beginning with Myspace.
… if there’s going to be a [...]
Youth Explosion @ Great Adventure 2007
Monday, June 25th, 2007Great times: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Beyond the Wreckage
Monday, June 25th, 2007“He has sent me to bind the brokenhearted.” - Isaiah 61:1
June Evans (UYWI 2007 keynote) elaborates here.
My initial reaction to my crushed heart was to wrap tough sinews of flesh around it while making a personal vow to never let myself get hurt again. However, that’s not God’s way. I now realize that self-made promises [...]
Monday Morning MP3 (afternoon edition)
Monday, June 25th, 2007A Dialogue about Living Out Social Justice in Your Community: Part 1 / Part 2, UYWI 2006 (With Michael Mata and Shane Claiborne)
Simply Rebuild
Monday, June 25th, 2007On June 20, CCDA board member Shane Claiborne’s Simple Way ministry center and residence burned to the ground along with half its block as part of a preventable 7 alarm fire that began in an abandoned factory. Visit the Simple Way website for more info and make a donation here to help them rebuild.
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Arks Aplenty
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Evan Almighty is a laugh out loud, make a fool of yourself in the movie theater funny film that also packs a poignant punch. It didn’t hurt that I was with my son when we saw it tonight and many of the sight gags are designed to tickle his funny bone more than mine. [...]
Friday’s Foto Finish
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Meeting Billy Graham two years ago at the Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade. More personal crusade pics here.
Hugging banned in Virginia middle school
Thursday, June 21st, 2007A group called NowPublic, outraged over the recent effort by a Virginia middle school to ban touching of any kind, requested permission to use this picture of NFL great Santana Moss hugging Generation Xcel student Troy in an online report on the ban. It’s amazing that a Google image or Flickr photo search for [...]
Slow blogging cycle
Thursday, June 21st, 2007The last month has been a whirlwind for me, pretty much since UYWI, for both personal and professional reasons. On the personal side, we had my mother’s milestone birthday/Memorial Day Weekend getaway, then my brother’s wedding with all the related activities (bachelor party, rehearsal dinner, hosting family from out of town, etc), plus the [...]
What a difference a decade makes!
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Ten years ago today, Diana and I pledged our lives and loves to each other. Time has not been so kind to me, but she is as stunning as ever!
Wednesday’s Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Micro-Enterprise
Members of the church are developing creative new ways to care for the economic, social, and spiritual needs of people.
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