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Sunday, January 13th, 2008Deep Justice in a Broken World is finally here, for which I was privileged to contribute two chapters. Other contributors include Kara Powell and Chap Clark from Fuller Seminary, John Perkins and Noel Castellanos from CCDA, Larry Acosta (UYWI), Shane Claiborne (Simple Way), Jim Wallis (So Journers), and many more. Download a sample chapter here. [...]
Monday Morning MP3 (afternoon edition)
Monday, January 7th, 2008Provocateur and Pastor Erwin McManus, author of Soul Cravings, The Barbarian Way, and more, offers a free podcast. Check it out. Amazon.com Widgets
An Epitaph worth emulating
Thursday, December 27th, 2007“… In an age and country fertile in great and good men, he was among the foremost of those who fixed the character of their times; because to high and various talents, to warm benevolence, and to universal candour, he added the abiding eloquence of a Christian life. …” – William Wilberforce epitaph at Westminster [...]
CNN’s on an abstinence kick
Monday, December 3rd, 2007With two stories in two days. + Pastor Rob Bell’s Sex God book and tour (12/2). + President Bush’s abstinence education as an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy (12/1). Related + Christianity Today rebuffing Mark Driscoll’s charge that Rob Bell is a heretic. (Why does Mark Driscoll repeatedly find himself in such silly controversies?) + Rob Bell’s [...]
Jesus the Justice Advocate
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Jesus the Justice Advocate may not be standard Sunday school fare, yet He began his ministry by declaring his heart for justice in a concrete mission statement to preach good news to the poor, freedom for prisoners, sight for the blind, release for the oppressed, and the year of the Lord’s favor. (Lk 4:18-18) Jesus [...]
Me (on a Diet)
Thursday, November 1st, 2007Diana turned me on to Drs. Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz this evening during a Discovery Health, “You: On a Diet” marathon. I’ve been saying pretty much since grad school that I have to start managing my health better. Rather than wait until the New Year to start, I’m going to aim to finish 2007 [...]
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 [...]
In case you were wondering
Monday, October 1st, 2007My birthday is Wednesday. Amazon.com Widgets
Monday Miscellany
Monday, October 1st, 2007+ Bill Cosby was right. Insightful CT interview between Edward Gilbreath and Juan Williams, of NPR and Fox News. As an observer of politics, I’ve seen the way issues of poverty are dealt with todayâ€â€everything from Reagan welfare reform of the ’80s, to Clinton welfare reform of the ’90s, and then coming forward to the [...]
My City My God — Cover Updates
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007IBS has added three new cover design concepts for the forthcoming My City My God youth Bible. My favorite features images of Lou-Box and Kevin. Vote for your preference here.
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