Archive for October, 2007
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007+ Congrats to new Yankee manager Joe Girardi. Though not a Yankee lifer, his role in the most recent run of 1990s-era Bronx dominance etched his pinstripes permanently. + But for (grown) kids (like me) whose sports affair with Donnie Baseball began in 1982, Girardi’s hiring at Don Mattingly’s (and Joe Torre’s) expense is bittersweet. [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Way of Hope In urban America we have a picture of when Jesus told the disciples: “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.”
Tools for the Process (Bagged Lunch Morsel 6)
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007+ Bagged Lunch Morsel 1; Morsel 2; Morsel 3; Morsel 4; Morsel 5; Morsel 6, Morsel 7; Morsel 8 This is post 6 of 8 in a series based on the curriculum I wrote for last year’s Urban Youth Workers Institute Reload training events: “Bagged Lunch and a Drop of Oil: Multiplying Re$ource$ for Urban [...]
The Evangelical Crack-up
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Note to self: Read this New York Times Magazine feature article on the evolving evangelical political landscape. Jim Wallis summarizes the report here. A younger generation of evangelical pastors  including the widely emulated preachers Rick Warren and Bill Hybels  are pushing the movement and its theology in new directions. There are many related [...]
Tony Dungy on teenage son James
Monday, October 29th, 2007“Here I am, a spokesman for the All Pro Dad program, helping others be better parents, and my child took his own life. I figured this would wipe out any credibility I might have had. But then cards and letters started to roll in again. Many who wrote were parents who had been there, who [...]
Schmap!! Orlando
Monday, October 29th, 2007Schmap!! city guides selected two of my Flickr photos from Arabian Nights to include in their online Orlando guide.
Recent Flickr photo additions
Monday, October 29th, 2007Lots more where they came from.
Monday Morning MP3
Monday, October 29th, 2007In lieu of posting one audio file here this week, visit UrbanMinistry.org’s iTunes podcast of Urban Youth Worker workshops and sermons, featuring presentations from Urban Youth Workers Institute, Devos Urban Leaders, CompassionWorks, KingdomWorks, Christian Community Development, Youth Partners Net, and more. MP3: Podcast RSS Feed in accreditation schools publicrestoration a credit zchristian schools acreditedbalance transfer [...]
Creativity in your Context (Bagged Lunch Morsel 5)
Sunday, October 28th, 2007+ Bagged Lunch Morsel 1; Morsel 2; Morsel 3; Morsel 4; Morsel 5; Morsel 6, Morsel 7; Morsel 8 This is post 5 of 8 in a series based on the curriculum I wrote for last year’s Urban Youth Workers Institute Reload training events: “Bagged Lunch and a Drop of Oil: Multiplying Re$ource$ for Urban [...]
What’s Poppin’? Mary…
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Saturday night, Judah and I celebrated Diana’s birthday by taking her for a night on the town. Judah saw a commercial for Mary Poppins, the musical, a couple weeks ago and was sold on the perfect plan: dinner at the historic John’s Pizzeria in Times Square followed by a show at 42nd Street’s Amsterdam Theater. [...]
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