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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 [...]
Geoffrey Canada on Rap Music
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by US News and World Report (2005), Harlem Children’s Zone founder and CEO Geoffrey Canada said this on a 60 Minutes story about the “Stop Snitchin” culture of hip hop: “There comes a point in time when you just have to say, ‘Enough’s enough.’ …. They are preaching anarchy. [...]
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007In Whose Image?
A student skeptic genuflects on GodTube.com
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007I had the pleasure of speaking last night at NYU’s InterVarsity MEF chapter. Along the way I picked up the school daily, the Washington Square News, and found this on the editorial page. Christ has risen. All the way to the glorious heights of online video sharing. Welcome to GodTube.com: Bow your heads, genuflect and [...]
Blogging NOC07: More Mookish Behavior by MTV
Friday, November 9th, 2007Flying to San Diego to give the “Mooks, Midriffs, Myspace & More” seminar at the National Outreach Convention, a scene on a new MTV show caught my eye (thanks to JetBlue). A college-aged guy was getting his genitals waxed on camera, in front of a mixed group of guys and girls who relished in his [...]
Blogging NOC07: Dan Kimball
Thursday, November 8th, 2007Engaging the Cultural Landscape Dan Kimball Amazon.com Widgets + Jesus intrigues the current pop cultural landscape: … “Jesus is my homeboy” t-shirts (Pam Anderson, Ashton Kutcher, etc) … Jesus bobble-head dolls … During a 2006 concert tour where Madonna performed in front of 1.2 million people, she appeared on-stage on a cross while performing “Live [...]
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