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Sunday, August 16th, 2009Third Culture Leadership Pastor Dave Gibbons Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2009 (My notes below were taken real time via Twitter. Read them from the bottom up.) # DG: revolutionary obedience= deeper collaboration+ communal living+ prayer+ radical sacrifice for outsider. Painful adaptation. #tls0910:41 AM Aug 7th from twidroid # DG: do uc ppl as gifts & [...]
How I’ll choose to remember him
Friday, June 26th, 2009Always a Thriller I’ll never forget the night. We were at the Yulfo’s house. They had videotaped the Motown 25 Anniversary special, which my parents had no interest watching when it had first aired. Judy and Uncle Dave were going on and on about the craziest dance move they had ever seen; how Billie Jean [...]
Oscar Belongs to the Slumdogs
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009I finally saw Slumdog Millionaire last night and join the chorus clamoring for Oscar victory. It’s no small feat for any movie to live up to the hype AND manage to leave an inspired audience feeling good despite a largely tragic subject. Dig the trailer, and see the movie, regardless of who wins Oscar tonight. [...]
NBC won’t let you watch the most poignant Super Bowl ad during the Super Bowl
Friday, January 30th, 2009So watch it here instead.
Jay-Z and Jeezy: Not Another Minstrel Show!
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009One would think that on the weekend before Barack Obama made history as the first Black man sworn in as the President of the United States, hip hop legend Jay-Z and protege Young Jeezy would have had more class than to descend into a “Nigga” obsessed wasteland. Instead, they played the part of 21st century [...]
“Change” We Can Believe In
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Even if the camera isn’t real “You’re overtaken.” This video takes a minute to warm up, but it’s worth the wait (and don’t fast forward, as the premise is key). HT: Andy Crouch (via Kirk on Facebook)
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Snap Krackle Pop Dance Instructional (original) Souljah Boy, too passe. The Twist, too old-school. The Makarana, too forgettable. Snap Krackle Pop, just right. Join the dance craze that’s sweeping the nation. From my friends at The First Family of holy hip hop, featuring DOC front man Alton Lee and his family. The First Family taught [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Storytellas Present “The Blood is Real” From The Man, produced by Crossroads Tabernacle On Sunday, Crossroads reminded me why I appreciate them so. Hip Bop, Storytellas style, is another reason. Notice Pastor Joe on drums, and the (Alvin Ailey and Broadway) dancers. Wow. Related + Pictures from Sunday (courtesy of Pastor Joseph Henry Cortese)
Targeted Advertising
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Perhaps Myspace saw this, or just received lots of disgruntled emails from Christians subscribers. But today I noticed a different kind of advertising when I logged into Myspace. Instead of the usual underwear clad teenage girl urging me to be “naughty,” I saw this: Myspace’s targeted advertising department got the Christian part down. But the [...]
Monday Morning MP3 (Evening Edition)
Monday, June 16th, 2008Dealing with the Spirit of Violence: A Holistic Ministry Approach to Servicing the Youth Gang Population Blinky Rodriguez, UYWI 2007 The Spirit of Violence is attacking the minds of youth and young adults through every known air wave, (i.e., multi-media, video games etc.) A holistic approach to serving gangs begins first with building relationships before [...]
Friday Foto Finish
Friday, March 14th, 2008The Storefront: Coming March 24 Crossroads Christian Church launches The Storefront, a community arts center at 6921 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on March 24. The Storefront is a community of artists who love to practice their art with others while serving the hurting world around them. Artists from all backgrounds and persuasions are [...]
Mook/Midriff behavior leads to this: 1 in 4 Teen Girls have STDs
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Alarming, or is it in light of this? A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 to 19, while the highest overall prevalence is among black girls — nearly half the blacks studied had at least one STD. That rate compared with 20 [...]
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 [...]
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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