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Monday, August 1st, 2005I’m finally reading 1776, after several false starts the last two months, and am up to page 90 or so. One common theme has emerged time and again in the book, besides the obvious George Washington heroics (he of the “conspicuous courage under fire and a marked ability for leadership.”) Washington’s success as a general, [...]
Two cents worth
Tuesday, July 12th, 2005Consider:1. Dinner conversations between Simon the zealot and Matthew the tax collector. Zealots were 1st century, politically activist Jews who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman occupation and, on occassion, made political statements through the shedding of blood (think PLO or Islamic Jihad … old-school terrorists), while tax collectors were Jewish appeasers of Rome. As [...]
Proud Poppa
Friday, June 24th, 2005Saturday’s Crusade program featured two videos profiling six New York City teens who love Jesus. Four of the six are dear friends of mine. Three are from Generation Xcel: Loreal Torres, Amanda DeJesus, and Eric Velez. Lori I’ve known for twelve or so years, Amanda for eight or nine, and Eric for four. All were [...]
Billy Graham on Larry King Live
Thursday, June 16th, 2005Last night. Transcript here. Especially interesting (to me): “I made one mistake as I grew up, I made friends with older people too much and they are gone. So I should have made more friends with young people and young clergy and very many people.” loans advantage ukonly advantages to loans interestloan loan after personnel [...]
I’ve known her since she was 5
Friday, June 10th, 2005Lorreal (aka Lori) Torres, recipient of the 2005 Xpress Writing Award and Xcel board member since January, is one of my heroes. (Photo courtesy of Mike Mowery. Check out more pictures of Lori and the rest of the cast of Xpress’ Life in Translation here and here.) At seventeen, Lori is finishing her junior year [...]
"Xpresser of the Year" is now a UN Consultant
Wednesday, June 8th, 2005Seriously. Generation Xcel’s own Kevin Cedeno missed our Celebration of Xcellence last Friday to attend the North American Regional Consultation for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Againt Children as a youth delegate in Toronto. That means we couldn’t present him with his award for “Xpresser of the Year,” and that he wasn’t there [...]
What really matters
Monday, June 6th, 2005From Friday’s June 3, 2005 Dear Friends and Family: Generation Xcel is not about programs, budgets, or buildings. It is about young people, real lives with real value and real purpose. The “stuff†we do is simply an excuse to establish meaningful relationships with real kids  your kids. We love them for who they [...]
This is why
Tuesday, May 17th, 2005“I have heard many times, from students who share the distinction of coming from the ‘projects,’ that their deepest fear is to try to ‘finish college,’ ‘lead a ministry,’ etc. — and fail. As a certified project girl I would like to challenge that. I think the ‘project plight’ lies not in the fear of [...]
Big year for graduates – much love and respect
Sunday, May 15th, 20052005 is shaping up to be a HUGE college graduation year for me. Last Saturday, Ahndrea Allen got the party started by completing Northeastern University. Ahndrea was in my youth group for five or so years before moving to Boston for college. She’s a track star and musical standout who is currently deciding between offers [...]
A journey or a destination?
Monday, April 4th, 2005Jesus invited the disciples to, “Come, follow me.” He never really said where, just spoke vaguely about the Kingdom of Heaven. God told Abraham to leave Ur and “Go,” but, again, refused to say where exactly. Moses followed a cloud by day and pillar of fire by night, but after 400 years of Egyptian slavery, [...]
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