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Friday, May 2nd, 2008Brian McLaren visits LPAC this weekend for the New York leg of his Everything Must Change tour. I’ll be there tonight and tomorrow morning and will blog as much of my notes as possible. Stay tuned for pictures as well.
EMC Session 1
The book’s story begins with … a youth pastor and a flip […]
Monday Morning MP3
Monday, April 21st, 2008
Blessed are the Poor
by Pastor Tim Keller
From Redeemer Presbyterian’s “Core Values: Serving” sermon series.
Though we joyfully invite every person to faith in Jesus, we are committed to sacrificially serving our neighbors whether they believe as we do or not. We do this by using our gifts and resources for the needs of others, especially the […]
Friday Foto Finish (evening edition)
Friday, April 4th, 2008He was a Man
Forty years ago today, Dr. King was assassinated at Memphis’ Lorraine Motel as he prepared to march with sanitation workers whose labor was being exploited at unlivable wages. They marched with signs reclaiming their human dignity.
The night before his death, Dr. King famously proclaimed:
And I’ve seen the promised land. I may […]
Comptroller William Thompson visits LPAC
Sunday, March 30th, 2008Breaking news from NYC Comptroller William Thompson, who visited Latino Pastoral Action Center on Friday as part of the LPAC Leadership Series: “I’m not announcing today, but I am running [for NYC mayor].”
Here are my notes and pictures from the event.
“Economics and Communities of Color”
Controller William C. Thompson, Jr.
March 28, 2008
Introduced Carlos Ramos, Special Assistant […]
The Kingdom is Near: Salvation from a Teenage Runaway
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Excerpted from my chapter “Who is my Neighbor” in Deep Justice in a Broken World.
The knots in my stomach tightened. As the distance between us grew, I could feel the color leave my face. “You hypocrite,” I thought. “So busy with ministry that you pretend not to notice?”
Truthfully, I had noticed. In fact, I saw […]
Buying on Credit
Friday, March 7th, 2008I meant to blog this on February 26 when it happened, but time got the best of me.
That’s the day Judah made his first credit purchase, calling it a “Forward Trade.”Âť He wanted his friend’s toy, so he agreed to trade him a toy he didn’t actually own in order to obtain […]
Class Consciousness
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Excerpted from my chapter “What’s Just about the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer?” in Deep Justice in a Broken World.
Is there a city anywhere in America, or for that matter anywhere in the world, where the rich do not get richer as the poor get poorer?
If there is, I don’t […]
Monday Morning MP3
Monday, February 11th, 2008Kara Powell Interviews Alexie Torres-Fleming
Excerpts of this interview appear at the end of my chapter “What’s Just about the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer?” in Deep Justice.
Courtesy: Center for Youth and Family Ministry
+ CYFM Deep Justice resource page
From the Frontiers of Deep Justice
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Chris Brooks sparked some lively debate at his blog by excerpting Deep Justice in a Broken World. Weigh in here. Buy the book here. Here’s the excerpt, from Kara Powell’s introduction.
Guess how much money you, I, the kids in our ministries, and every other American spend each year on Mint Chocolate Chip, […]
Full Faith and Credit
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007NorCalUrban John Liotti is a media hottie, with a cover spread in a Silicon Valley magazine about the pending launch of his East Palo Alto credit union tomorrow. He’s a friend and minister impassioned by a holistic gospel that manifests good news for the poor. From the article:
“The Rev. John Liotti’s quest to […]
NYS Commissioner: Why
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007LPAC Holistic Leadership Series
Hon. Gladys Carrion, Esq., Commissioner NYS Office of Children and Family Services
“How Faith Communities Can Help with the Crisis of Children and Families of Color”
Rev. Dr. Raymond Rivera of Latino Pastoral Action Center hosted Commissioner Gladys Carrion of the NYS Office of Children and Family Services yesterday as part of their Holistic […]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007Thanksgiving Perspectives
Yahweh - U2 Message Illustration
American Christians spend $20 billion each year on soda
Monday, November 19th, 2007Christians in America spend $20 billion every year on soft drinks.
$13 billion a year would feed every starving person in the world.
Here are ideas about what you can do. Via.
+ More thoughts on contextualizing the Gospel within a culture of consumerism.
Send the One Campaign over the top
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007*
As of 5:45 this afternoon, the One campaign had achieved 94% of its goal of 40,000 signers to the following letter in support of the proposed Jubilee Act:
As a constituent and a member of the ONE Campaign, I write to ask you to co-sponsor the Jubilee Act. Your support would greatly enhance our effort to […]
NY Faith & Justice Stand Up Event
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
NY Faith & Justice, in partnership with The UN Millennium Campaign,
Invites you to…
STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY … TOGETHER
Tuesday, October 16, 7-8 pm sharp!
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church @ 521 W. 126th Street
(between Broadway and Amsterdam).
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Last year 23.5 million people around the world stood up against poverty and set a Guinness […]
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