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Friday, October 28th, 2011On Saturday, October 29, 2,000+ young people will prayer walk the streets of Manhattan with t-shirts that proclaim: “God Belongs in My City.” At the same time, thousands of other young people will be entering their seventh week encamped at Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District under the banner Occupy Wall Street. Their cry for economic [...]
Remembering 9/11: A Just World
Monday, September 12th, 2011On 9.10.11, I had the privilege of offering a reflection on justice during the Renewal prayer segment at Reaching Out: A Sacred Assembly. Here’s what I shared. Reaching Out: A Sacred Assembly, 9.10.11 Renewal Reflection: A Just World Ten years ago the Towers fell and our City began rebuilding. Today we pray as Jesus taught [...]
Tim Keller = Stephen Colbert
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010Two geniuses said essentially the same thing this week — one cerebral and theological; the other satirical and cutting; both profound and morally convicting. First, Tim Keller in Christianity Today, on his book, Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just: “To believe in Jesus is to obey all he commanded, which means helping the [...]
NYWC 2010 Downloads
Monday, December 6th, 2010I had the privilege of presenting a general session talk and two workshops at the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention in Nashville last month. As promised during the seminars, here are the PowerPoint slides. With Eric Iverson at the NYWC in Nashville (“Big Room” Session 3, Nov. 20, 2010). Photo by http://gavoweb.com. “From Irrelevant [...]
Latest article: “The Gospel and Marvin Gaye” in Charisma
Friday, May 7th, 2010The May 2010 issue of Charisma magazine features “The Gospel and Marvin Gaye” about the intersection (or too often lack thereof) between worship and justice. Co-authors Jeremy Del Rio and Louis Carlo are both featured trainers at UYWI’s upcoming Reload 1.2.3 event in NY and NJ on June 12, and Pastor Lou is also leading [...]
Plotting Christmas Goodness
Monday, November 30th, 2009I read somewhere that Brian McLaren or Bart Campolo (maybe both) sign their letters with the phrase, “Plotting Goodness.” It stuck. Keeps me thinking, especially when groups like Advent Conspiracy, One Day’s Wages, and New York Faith and Justice remind me what really matters about the holidays. Advent Conspiracy says is especially well at their [...]
Wisdom of a 5th Grade Solomon
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Sojourners features 20/20 Vision for Schools’ Advisory Board member Dr. Nicole Baker Fulgham on their God’s Politics blog today. She recounts an experience as a first year teacher in Compton, CA, when a 10 year old challenged her: “Aw c’mon Ms. Baker, nobody thinks we’re smart! If they did, they wouldn’t give us this broken [...]
Why Public Schools Matter to God (and Should Matter to You Too)
Sunday, August 30th, 2009My latest article was published in the September issues of Tri-State Voice and Love Express. Here’s an excerpt. How many eighth grade Bible studies lead with Lamentations? Or Leviticus? Yet last I checked, Lamentations and Leviticus are part of the Biblical canon, along with Romans and Revelation and lots of other heady reading material. Should [...]
Singing and Praying Justice: My New Article at UrbanFaith.com
Monday, August 24th, 2009My latest article, co-written with Pastor Louis Carlo of Abounding Grace Ministries, was published today at UrbanFaith.com. Here’s an excerpt. … At its core, the Gospel is a story about a loving God who reconciles humanity into loving relationships with Himself, themselves, and each other. Justice fits into the story as Christ rights the wrongs [...]
TLS09: Bono and Bill
Monday, August 17th, 2009Extreme Poverty and AIDS Bill Hybels interview with Bono, featuring testimonies from pastors throughout Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2009 (My notes below were taken real time via Twitter. Read them from the bottom up.) # Hybels: we need compassion AND justice to end stupid, extreme poverty in this generation. #tls094:54 PM Aug 7th from twidroid [...]
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