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Archive for February, 2008
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Comic Relief, courtesy of Matt Stevens Mr. Bean shows us how not to do church
BattleCry Pics
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008I attended BattleCry for most of the day Saturday and enjoyed an excellent production that featured a great mix of local and national talent and speakers. The indisputable highlight for me was seeing the mass youth choir comprised of six different area youth groups, under the direction and arrangement of James Gabriel. Still only 23 [...]
Manic Monday
Monday, February 11th, 2008Busy weekend and busy Monday means lots to post in the next couple of days. Here’s a preview: Photos and reflections on Battle Cry New York. (Preview my pics on Flickr.) Early Valentine’s date night on Friday featuring Color Purple on Broadway. Teaching elementary age Sunday School. Aviator Sports and Recreation (Chelsea Piers Lite, at [...]
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
Be Still (Rule of Life, Part 2)
Friday, February 8th, 2008(Continued from Part 1) Pastor Scazerro introduced the concept of developing a personal “Rule of Life” to guide our decisions. Here’s an excerpt of a similar talk he gave that is outlined online. A “Rule of Life” is a set of conscious guidelines to help us keep God at the center of everything we do. [...]
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Diana and I were recently introduced to a wonderful curriculum called Sonship, and have enjoyed working our way through 16 weekly lessons together. Today I was listening to Lesson 12 again and was struck by this (in a discussion about Peter’s attempt to walk on water): “Those guys in the boat may count [Peter sinking] [...]
Friday Foto Finish
Friday, February 8th, 2008In honor of Black History Month, February’s Foto Finishes will feature lesser known African American heroes. Medgar Evers In my experience in New York, even though there’s a CUNY college named after Medgar Evers few people are aware of his connection to education or historical significance that would warrant a school being named in his [...]
"I am convinced that the time has come for Christians to develop an exit strategy from the public schools."
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Compare and contrast: Jesus says: “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations.” Evangelical culture critic Al Mohler says: “Abandon the world, shelter church kids, and live in fear of being polluted by a national education crisis.” No contest. Fascinating entry and comment thread at the Christianity Today blog about Rev. Mohler’s [...]
Wednesday Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008The New York City Leadership Center Coming September 2008 “Who the center targets and why we need it.”