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Next Entries »Much love to The Life Christian Church
Monday, April 4th, 2005What a great weekend! The Life Christian Church hosted my family and me across the river in West Orange, where I had the privilege of preaching at their first ever youth emphasis weekend (and my first opportunity to preach the same general message three times. I have a newfound respect for all you multi-service pastors [...]
I’m proud of him
Wednesday, March 30th, 2005I ran into Kevin Cedeno this afternoon. He’s still flying high after receiving an acceptance letter from John Jay College last week, and his work with the Youth Justice Board has him interviewing Department of Education bigwigs (on the schedule, Chancellor Joel Klein and possibly Mayor Bloomberg) and criminal justice experts. Three years ago, Kevin [...]
Billy Graham to New York Youth: “Get Real”
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005Answer: 5 million. Question: How many young people under 19 live in metro New York? Answer: A reality check. Question: How are they going to have a credible opportunity to attend the Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade? Yes, the Youth Committee for the Crusade and the local pastors that appointed us need a reality [...]
A surreal life — breaking news — please pray
Monday, March 21st, 2005Last month was Square One. Today was Day One. Last Thursday, the Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade offered me a three-month retainer to direct the Get Real youth campaign as part of the June crusade. (More on Get Real in a future post.) What an opportunity! In an earlier post I wrote about Billy [...]
Something’s Happenin’ Here
Wednesday, March 16th, 2005Vibe Magazine on our friends at Youth Explosion: “Rap meets religion at the Christ Tabernacle in Queens, where they bring the ruckus as much as they repent.” Check out the six page photo spread here. What was that I heard about every knee bowing, and every tongue confessing?
"Waiting for Medici vs. Fight Club"
Friday, March 11th, 2005Check out Rudy’s thoughts on resourcefulness. I’m feelin’ this, mainly because it so aptly describes our story. Thirteen iner city kids ages 14-22 started Generation Xcel in 1996 with no money, no space, no equipment, and no paid staff. And no Medici (benefactor). Objectively, there was no way we could open a youth center in [...]
Odale, vato. The homies are comin
Friday, March 11th, 2005I spent the afternoon with John Teter and three of his InterVarsity leaders from Long Beach, California. They’re planning a six week urban intensive this summer with a dozen or so students, and they’re crashin’ with us in New York. After a couple hours with the Dodger lovin’ wanna-be-Yankee fans, it’s clear we’re gonna have [...]
S-E-X
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005My buddies seem fixated on the topic. Liz channeled Salt-N-Pepa flava recently and Jose and Mayra are all lovey-dovey every chance they get (see for instance, 1 and 2). For whatever it’s worth, here’s another perspective on the topic I wrote last year after Nipplegate. A sixteen year old boy ogles internet porn on his [...]
The Coalition launched a blog today
Monday, March 7th, 2005Check it out here: www.thecoalitionnyc.blogspot.com
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