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Monday, February 14th, 2005Absolute high point of the evening: Kanye West performing Jesus Walks and the rousing response from the crowd. (Go here for more on the impact of this song on me.) Anticlimax of the night: Kanye’s speech accepting “Rap Album of the Year” honors. A perfect set-up seconds after his performance and he bombs the kill [...]
Giambi accepts responsibility … for what?
Thursday, February 10th, 2005At a press conference today peppered with vague apologies and “I’m sorry” statements, Jason Giambi claimed to take full responsibility for what exactly? I for one can’t figure out what he was saying. He apologized for “distractions,” for “letting down” alot of people (including my then 2-year-old son, who wore a Giambi Yankee uniform one [...]
Pray for Abner and his team
Thursday, February 10th, 2005Abner Ramos is an Intervarsity staff worker at East L.A. College. One of the students in his chapter, Julio, was killed this week in a hit-and-run accident. Abner is in the middle of the tragedy, as is Brad Arnold, and I pray wisdom and spiritual strength as they support Julio’s loved ones during a very [...]
Murder made for prime time
Wednesday, February 9th, 2005Last week I posted a note about the disproportionate news coverage generated by a murder in the Lower East Side. This week’s Village Voice chronicles the story behind the story of how a seemingly unexceptional murder became front page news around the country. Race is undeniably part of the duFresne story. The randomness and location [...]
The ill effects of misplaced blogging
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005I heard terrible (maybe “terrible” is a bit overstated) news this afternoon. Two of my girls (mine insofar as they’re little sisters who are part of the Xcel family) are, or have recently been, punished because of things they wrote on their Xanga blog accounts. Girls, come on. You’re too bright, too insightful, (dare I [...]
“The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience”
Monday, February 7th, 2005Ouch. A little backhanded reality from Ron Sider in Christianity Today. An excerpt: Scandalous behavior is rapidly destroying American Christianity. By their daily activity, most “Christians” regularly commit treason. With their mouths they claim that Jesus is Lord, but with their actions they demonstrate allegiance to money, sex, and self-fulfillment. The findings in numerous national [...]
Generational divides – something else to make you go hmm
Monday, February 7th, 2005It seems that yesterday’s no-nonsense halftime show was loved by everyone 40 and older, but support for Paul’s homage to “Get Back” to yesterday weakened proportionately as the viewers got younger. Certainly this was true of the crowd I watched the game with. The upstairs living room was filled with Boomers reminiscing about the days [...]
Not bad for an 86 year-old man
Friday, February 4th, 2005Presumably in light of Time magazine’s recent list, Christianity Today is conducting an online poll of “the most influential evangelical.” No surprises here: Chuck Colson: 3% James Dobson: 17% Billy Graham: 53% Ted Haggard: 0% Bill Hybels: 1% Bishop T.D. Jakes: 6% Tim LaHaye: 2% Richard Land: 0% J.I. Packer: 3% Rick Warren: 10% John [...]
Thursday, February 3rd, 2005
What do The Game, hip hop’s latest sensation, and Martha Stewart, America’s incarcerated domestic diva, have in common? Bankability. Based on a comeback. The Game’s debut album, the “most anticipated album of the year,” hit stores at number one on the charts. MTV attributes his success to “the unconditional street love he’s been given by [...]
“My friends are tastemakers”
Thursday, February 3rd, 2005Huh? Did you know the latest, greatest rage among marketers is to entice you to buy their brands by outfitting ordinary “cool kids” in them — not just athletes and celebrities anymore — for free? The NY Post calls it: a new kind of advertising phenomenon – one that goes beyond more established methods like [...]
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