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Monday, September 19th, 2005You are invited to an advance screening of Innocent Voices: Monday, September 19th – 6pm – Magno Review 1 Wednesday, September 28th – 6pm – Magno Review 2 Magno Review 1 and 2 are located at 729 Seventh Avenue, on the second floor. Please RSVP to dcastillero at optonline dot net or by calling 203.956.9918. [...]
Virginity at 40: an object of scorn
Friday, August 26th, 2005“The 40-Year-Old Virgin” skewers the idea that a self-respecting 40-year-old would willingly remain a virgin. Yet audiences made it tops at the box office last weekend with a $20.6 million debut and critics have praised it as “the best comedy of the summer.” Consider CNN’s glowing review: ‘The 40 Year-Old Virgin’ is, hands down, the [...]
A total Gore?
Monday, August 1st, 2005I’m not a fan of Al Gore (although a picture of me standing behind him at MTV studios appeared in a Newsweek article during his 1992 run for vice president). But I am intrigued by what I’ve read of Current TV, his “24-hour youth cable network” that launched today. “The cable channel claims it will [...]
Another reason why too many refuse to take hip hop seriously
Monday, July 25th, 2005Two hip-hop magazine executives were charged with attempted murder yesterday after a booze-fueled argument over rap music erupted in gunfire that left three men wounded at a Manhattan bar, cops said. … “It was over whether they were going to play a rap CD or not,” an investigator said.Come on, guys. Gunplay, generally, is stupid. [...]
Newsflash: “George W. Bush is Not Lord”
Monday, July 18th, 2005So begins a recent editorial by Christianity Today. It continues: “The Declaration of Independence is not an infallible guide to Christian faith and practice. Nor is the U.S. Constitution, nor the U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights. “Original intent” of America’s founders is not the hermeneutical key that will guarantee national righteousness. The American flag [...]
Perspective, part one
Tuesday, July 5th, 2005(Judah and Sammy at the Bibleman altar call last week.) Last Thursday, Judah and I picked up his buddy Sammy for two days of boys-only fun. The first thing out of Sammy’s mouth was that a man shot his brother six times “over there,” and he pointed to the courtyard just outside his building. “See [...]
Ten Opinions
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005“THE SUPREME Court’s decisions yesterday on displays of the Ten Commandments on public property were not a model of clarity or judicial consensus. To resolve two cases, one from Texas and the other from Kentucky, the justices delivered 10 different opinions — one, we suppose, for each commandment in the Decalogue. … “Context is obviously [...]
How evangelistic are we, really?
Sunday, June 26th, 2005Overwhelmingly, the media coverage of the crusade has been positive. But an op-ed from Sunday’s NY Times, although similarly respectful, raised some hard issues. “Indeed, most of those who come to hear Mr. Graham preach are already born-again Christians. Some may be ‘backslid’ in their faith or fighting drugs, but it is seldom the hardened [...]
Help for SEX talks
Tuesday, June 14th, 2005UYWI has back issues of SHOUT magazine online, and Issue II deals with sex and sexuality. The article “Somewhat Out Of Control” is must reading for youth workers about establishing boundaries with students and student leaders.
Justice delayed
Tuesday, June 14th, 2005Kudos to prosecutors in Philadelphia, Mississippi, for finally bringing murder charges against white supremacist and long-suspected lynch mob killer Edgar Lee Killen. Jury selection began yesterday, even as a KKK Imperial Wizard welcomed Killen to the courthouse. Killen, a former KKK recruiter, is accused of organizing the kidnapping and murder of three civil rights workers [...]
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