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Archive for January, 2008
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008THE ADOPTION MATRIX The methodology of 20/20 is to change churches’ perspectives on both students and schools from an adversarial one entrenched over decades of hostility and mutual mistrust to one of partnership and service. Engaging the School The horizontal axis on the Adoption Matrix represents the congregation’s engagement with a school. Adoption begins by [...]
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, Strawberry, Jamoca [...]
A Dialogue Too Friendly for Focus on the Family?
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Brian McLaren responds to criticism from Focus on the Family for replying to a request by 138 Muslim scholars for civil dialogue and increased understanding between Christians and Muslims. Specifically, a January 3 email from Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink called “Evangelical Leaders Pledge Common Cause with Islam,” took aim at the National Association of [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Nostradamus or Eddie Murphy? Twenty years before Sunday’s thrilling NFC championship game, Eddie Murphy called it in Coming to America.
Engage Leadership Conference
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008I spent the weekend at the NY Baptist Convention’s Engage Leadership Conference, where I had the privilege of spending five sessions interacting with youth workers from around New York and New Jersey. As promised, here are links to the notes and materials online. Note to non-Engage participants: The theme of the weekend was leadership development [...]
Monday Morning MP3 (Tuesday edition)
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008The Church on the Frontier of Racial Tension, Martin Luther King, Jr., at Southern Seminary (1961) In honor of King Day, here’s an MP3 from a speech 32-year-old Dr. King gave at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, challenging Southern Baptists and evangelicals of all stripes to embrace racial reconciliation in a post-colonial world, seven years before [...]
Rematch
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Patriots beware. The G-MEN are out for revenge!
Friday Foto Finish
Friday, January 18th, 2008The Lincoln Memorial, framed by Washington’s Monument and a tree. I wanted to photograph the National Mall during a snow storm. Instead, by the time I had gotten off the Metro the snow had turned to rain. Still, I walked and walked, trying to get from the Smithsonian Metro stop to the Lincoln Memorial, and [...]
Where I spent my evening
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008I’m in DC for a conference, which gave me an excuse to visit my friend at the White House, the recently appointed Associate Counsel to the President. He took me on a private tour of the West Wing, the Oval Office, the Executive Office Building, the Rose Garden, and more. Woohoo. For a policy wonk [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Tim Tebow – Story & 2007 Heisman Trophy Speech I’m not much of a Florida Gator fan and had no real rooting interest in the 2007 Heisman race, but after seeing this video I’m glad Tim Tebow won. From his miraculous birth and childhood as the son of missionaries in the Philippines to a historic [...]
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