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Archive for December 28th, 2005
Behind the curve, again
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005Five years ago, a global evangelical ministry asked a group of youth workers how to become relevant to young people. We suggested leveraging the power of the internet to create a “virtual youth center” where kids could share interests and ideas, find their voice, and connect. Several months later they hired me to write a [...]
New, personal affection for Time magazine
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005My cousin Juliann has always been a fun conversationalist, with diverse interests ranging from art and music to basketball and softball, politics and China. Plus she’s brilliant (Princeton sophomore; publisher of a campus magazine; summer abroad in Beijing; blah, blah, blah). But the two-plus hours we spent talking on Christmas Day was special. She told [...]
“I don’t wish to have a coward as a husband.â€Â
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005In response to my Prima Donna Christianity post, Matt Kruse emailed me about Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, Romanian Jews who found faith in Christ and were repeatedly imprisoned by the Ceausescu communist regime. In 1945 Romanian Communists seized power and a million ‘invited’ Russian troops poured into the country. Pastor Wurmbrand ministered to his oppressed [...]
Kirk Franklin on overcoming pornography
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005On Oprah, earlier this month: Kirk says he thought marriage would “fix” his obsession with pornography. “[But] that’s when I started realizing how much it was an addiction.” He found himself sneaking to watch videos while Tammy was sleeping and craving porn more than ever. When marriage didn’t erase his feelings of loneliness, he realized [...]
Peep my homie’s book
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005My friend Phil Jackson of Tha House in Chicago co-wrote The Hip-hop Church: Connecting With the Movement Shaping Our Culture (InterVarsity Press) with Efrem Smith. I haven’t read it yet, but it’s on my list for 2006. Check it out. posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 12/28/2005 09:20:00 PM