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Monday, July 31st, 2006The truth is, with all the gains we have made in recent years, one in five New Yorkers, or 1.7 million people, still lives in poverty. A closer look at the numbers reveals that poverty in New York disproportionately affects African-Americans and Latinos and is concentrated in several hard-pressed neighborhoods, primarily in The Bronx and [...]
Katrina relief money funds erotica and exotica while DHS Chief slashes counter-terrorism dollars
Friday, June 16th, 20066/16/2006 09:54:00 AM|||Jeremy Del Rio||| “A $200 bottle of champagne from Hooters and $300 worth of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ videos were among items bought with debit cards handed out by FEMA to help hurricane victims, auditors probing $1 billion in potential waste and fraud have found.” Article.In yet another Katrina related FEMA fiasco, auditors reported [...]
Caleb’s Father’s Day Promise
Thursday, June 15th, 2006“Children without fathers need men who love Jesus to practice what God the Father teaches us.” Article.
"Fathering" the fatherless
Monday, June 12th, 2006From “Caleb’s Promise”: Frame the issue so it’s personal. Allow God to turn your heart toward a real child. Ask God for eyes to see and ears to hear the need in your local context. Take the initiative to reach out to the specific child, and his/her family, in creative ways. Hold onto the relationship [...]
Judah, Meet Jesus: Reflections on Child-Like Faith
Thursday, December 22nd, 2005[Below is my January column for the Tri-State Voice, syndicated in Next Wave, Youth Ministry Exchange] I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. – Jesus, to his disciples (Matthew 18:3, NIV)”Why didn’t we help him?” As Judah’s confused yet compassionate eyes [...]
Nice to see generosity get its due
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005Congratulations to Time magazine’s people of the year – Bono, Bill and Melinda Gates — for demonstrating that it’s better to give than to receive. “The rocker’s job is to be raucous, grab our attention. The engineers’ job is to make things work. 2005 is the year they turned the corner, when Bono charmed and [...]
The Christmas Shoes
Sunday, December 18th, 2005Whose Christmas shoes will you buy this year? “Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please It’s Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there’s not much time You see she’s been sick for quite a while And I know these shoes would make [...]
Scriptural musings on loving the poor
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005“rhymes with kerouac” has organized some of the 2000+ Bible verses that address God’s heart for the poor here. Great resource for those who care. posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 12/06/2005 05:30:00 PM
World AIDS Day
Thursday, December 1st, 2005I don’t have much time to blog today, but I couldn’t neglect to mention the greatest opportunity we have to love the hurting, care for the broken, and heal the sick on World AIDS Day. Tony Sheng has some good stuff about it here. Christ’s mission statement, unabridged, is found in Isaiah 61. Here’s an [...]
Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting
Monday, November 21st, 2005“‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the LORD Almighty.” What did the people refuse to hear that so offended God that He would close his ears to their cries? “And the word of the LORD came again to Zechariah: “This is what the LORD Almighty [...]
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