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Thursday, October 12th, 2006A plane crashes into a Manhattan high-rise in the middle of the day, and no one except the two passengers onboard is killed or seriously injuried? No one could have imagined it this time yesterday. But by 2:35, that was the silver lining coming out of an otherwise tragic afternoon in the Upper East Side. [...]
Bush brings faith to foreign aid
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006… and some people aren’t feeling him. Faith-based groups have long delivered humanitarian assistance in distant and dangerous places, marshaling an impressive array of volunteers. But Bush’s initiative has put government dollars into faith-based providers in unprecedented fashion. A Globe survey of more than 52,000 awards of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements from the US [...]
Learning from the Amish
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006What the Amish response to the recent Lancaster school shooting can teach us about: + forgiveness + self-sacrifice + youth ministry (how have they withstood the pressures of modern life for centuries?) + tradition Contrast + Evangelicals fear the loss of their youth (NY Times, 10/06/06) — “Despite their packed megachurches, their political clout and [...]
Random Links
Monday, October 2nd, 2006NEWS + TV Mushes the Brain. Studies confirm what moms have known for decades. + Boycott El Loco. Citgo gas is wholly owned by Hugo Chavez’s dictatorial Venezuelan regime. + Dysfunctional House of Carters airs dirty laundry. So sad to see generational sin played for entertainment. + Bubba’s finger wagging under fire. Former Clinton administration’s [...]
Youth Under Fire – Pray
Monday, October 2nd, 2006A 32-year old with a decades old grudge wounded seven girls and executed three others before killing himself at an Amish high school in Lancaster County. My ministry partner and friend Matt Stevens sent this: The school is Georgetown Amish School in Lancaster County is just 30 minutes from where we live. Pray that The [...]
How bizarre
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006Story.
TWU: Tarnished Workers Undone
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005If I’m a rank-and-file member of the local Transit Workers Union, I’m not too pleased with my leaders right about now. The holiday traffic messes and devastating economic impact generated by the strike have caused a public backlash, not to mention court imposed $1 million-per-day fines for the Union and possible jail time and fines [...]
Strike!
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005Working from home this morning because our friends at the MTA are on strike. No subways or buses, combined with Mayor Bloomberg’s genius solution of limiting all cars in lower Manhattan to a minimum of FOUR passengers before 11 am, means no way of getting to the office. Seven million commuters are feeling the pinch, [...]
Random entertainment news
Monday, October 17th, 2005Stallone returning for sixth ‘Rocky.’ Why? Ex-’SNL’ player commits suicide. Why do so many comedians seem to be so sad in real life? CNN’s new fashion correspondents are students. Duh! posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 10/17/2005 04:02:00 PM 0 comments
Spooky
Thursday, October 6th, 2005“New Yorkers were today warned of a ’specific threat’ against the city’s subway system ‘in the coming days.’ Mayor Michael Bloomberg said: ‘This is the first time we have had a threat with this level of specificity.’ He told commuters ‘if you see something, say something.’ Acting on intelligence about the New York threat, a [...]
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