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Wednesday, February 9th, 2005I never met him, but Rocky Stella is a friend of Jose and Mayra, so that’s good enough for me. This week’s New Yorker of the Week, named by NY1, founded and directs a soup kitchen at a Spanish pentecostal church not far from Xcel. Congratulations.
Bloomberg, get over it
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005Sunday’s New York Times (2/06/08) examined the increasingly routine custom, somehow scandalous in my great city, of churches renting public school auditoriums for weekend services. Among others, the Times profiled our friends at Christ Tabernacle: Christ Tabernacle is just one of at least two dozen churches and other religious groups that have found homes in [...]
Billy Graham wants you
Tuesday, February 8th, 2005Friends and youth ministry colleagues: Get real for a second. Your youth are dying. Your neighborhood youth are dying even faster. Your church wants you to reach them. Your God called you to reach them. But you need help. So do I. This June a historic opportunity to reach your kids and mine, our city [...]
Things that make you go hmm
Tuesday, February 1st, 2005A pretty, 20-something aspiring actress was shot and killed by a thuggish posse of muggers last week in our neighborhood. Her fiance cradled her in his lap as she breathed her last breath. This murder was indeed a tragic crime. People should be outraged. But from the resulting press coverage one would think it is [...]
“I Love This, I Love This”
Monday, January 31st, 2005So screamed Judah after sleigh-riding down Owl’s Head hill last night. The shear delight of his little voice combined with the excitement in his eyes makes fatherhood the greatest joy in the world. Unfortunately, two runs later Judah plowed into another little guy about his age and felt embarassed — not to mention afraid and [...]
This is Old News, But I Blame Kruse
Monday, January 10th, 2005Had I had a blog in October, I would have written then about the little known man most singularly responsible for reversing the Curse of the Bambino and lifting the Red Sox out of their 86-year misery: Matthew Kruse. With the Sox down 0-3 in the ALCS to the Yankees, Matt preached “The Red Sox [...]
Even the NY Times Gets It
Monday, January 3rd, 2005Some of evangelical Christianity’s most respected leaders still don’t believe Hip Hop can be a viable expression of worship or a legitimate means of outreach. They are not paying attention. The effectiveness of anointed Hip Hop to change lives has been duly noted by, among others, the New York Times (yes, that Times), which visited [...]
Kudos to Larry and Urban Youth Workers Institute
Wednesday, December 8th, 2004Larry Acosta and the Urban Youth Workers Institute visited New York City with their Reload tour on Saturday (12/4). Larry — Thanks for your heart, and your generosity! We consider it a privilege to serve alongside you in urban ministry. Keep up the great work. Everyone else — Check out Reload at a city near [...]
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