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Devotions with Bono …
Friday, September 14th, 2007… this morning, in bumper- to-bumper traffic on the BQE.
First, the context. I have a mix CD of U2 music in my car that my son loves. Wednesday, he asked me to play Track 9, his “favorite song” (”Pride in the Name of Love”) for his friend Chris which is how the CD […]
“God is in the slums, where the poor play house”
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007On March 2, Bono opened for me at Shift. Seriously. A ten-minute version of this talk he gave last year at the Leadership Summit set up “Full Contact Faith.” Later that night, Bono accepted the NAACP Chairman’s Award. Here’s what he said to the NAACP.
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Willowcreek, Part 4
Friday, August 11th, 2006Hybels’ response to Bono: An appeal re. AIDS
The church cannot sit idly by and rationalize nonengagement to the global AIDS pandemic. Every church MUST do something. We will give an account for how we respond to AIDS. What can a church do?
1. Educate selves. Creates urgency.
2. Engage in the efforts […]
You gotta love him
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005(Well, maybe you won’t, but …)
Bono’s making waves for kind words about President Bush and — gasp! — Senator Jesse Helms. It takes courage for any celebrity, but especially one of the world’s biggest rock stars and its most outspoken activist, to speak kindly about archconservatives like W and Helms. But he manages to do […]