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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Just Words Given the name of this blog, the Obama/Patrick “Just Words” controversy piqued my interest this week. In case you missed it, Senator/Presidential hopeful Barak Obama and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick are friends and share a political consultant. In response to Hilary Clinton’s critique that Obama is all style and no substance — “Just [...]
Friday Foto Finish (bonus Tuesday edition)
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Because I forgot last week about my commitment to post photos of lesser known African American heroes for the Friday Foto Finishes this month, here’s a bonus Foto of Frederick Douglass. Sure he’s not “lesser known,” but since Judah’s doing a book report on him (due next Monday), this one’s for him. Frederick Douglass … [...]
Monday Morning MP3 (Tuesday edition)
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Missed church Sunday, so this week’s belated Monday Morning MP3 is Pastor Paul’s second sermon from his series on Ecclesiastes. Solomon’s Blog – Wealth Listen here. Bonus Video: The Hamster Wheel The sermon’s introductory video re. the “never ending pursuit of success and prosperity.”
Officially a “Player”
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Rev. Dr. A. R. Bernard tops the New York Post’s “Top 30 Players” list of most influential black New Yorkers for “wielding power far beyond the pulpit.” Other clergy on the list: Rev. Dr. Floyd Flake, Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts, and Rev. Al Sharpton. I’ll add the link if/when the article is posted online.
In case you missed takeoff
Saturday, February 16th, 2008Superman has left the building. Dwight Howard brought creativity back to the NBA slam dunk contest.
6,999
Saturday, February 16th, 2008Random fact that may interest only me This is the 6,999 photograph I’ve posted at Flickr. Judah bought Kyra a present this afternoon. + My Flickr + Flickr Collections + Flickr Sets
Friday Foto Finish (evening edition)
Friday, February 15th, 2008Basketball Bruiser + More from Judah’s Power Forward set here.
The professor we all wish we had
Thursday, February 14th, 2008I first heard Tim Keller preach at a Taste of Agape Week event hosted by the Christian Inter-Fellowship Council at NYU in 1994 or 95. Along with 75 or 100 other students I sat mesmerized by his ability to make complicated ideas accessible to people less smart than he, in an unassuming, self-deprecating style. He [...]
A Day to “Misremember”
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008The only redemptive takeaway from today’s Congressional steroid hearings was this quote from Andy Pettitte: “I have to tell you all the truth. I have to live with myself. And one day I have to give an account to God and not to nobody else of what I’ve done in my life. And that’s why [...]
Color me Purple?
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008God is the flowers and everything else That was or ever will be. And when you feel the truth so real, And when you love the way you feel, you’ve found it Just as sure as moonlight bless the night. Like a blade of corn, Like a honeybee, Like a waterfall, All a part of [...]
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