Gentrification and Real Renewal In the book I am currently reading Urban Ministry, I was challenged to rethink my view on gentrification. I had always looked at gentrification as a postive thing, even an evidence of renewal taking place in some small measure. The restoration of homes into more comfortable and esthetically pleasing dwellings has [...]
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Saturdays Are For Shalom
Posted in Books, Redemption, Reflections, Saturdays Are For Shalom on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturdays Are For Shalom Part 2
Posted in Redemption, Reflections, Saturdays Are For Shalom on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I took this picture while on a date with Jill a couple weeks ago (not bad for a phone, huh?). We took it while walking through Valley Green along the Wissahickon Creek. The picture hardly does justice to the beauty of the sight. We were walking along and – POW – we see this rock. [...]
Saturdays Are For Shalom
Posted in Redemption, Saturdays Are For Shalom on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Long over due to get back on track. This week, Justin Taylor pointed me to this post from Christopher Wright. In it, Wright shares a portion of his upcoming book, The God I Don’t Understand (Zondervan, January 2009). Here’s a portion of what he shared (it’s exciting): All that has enriched and honoured the life [...]
Book Review: The Lightlings by RC Sproul
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Children, Redemption on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Lightlings By RC Sproul Now I know that I haven’t spent much time on this blog discussing books about or for children but I have to tell you, I found one I think is worth talking about. The Lightlings is a simple tale with a profound message. Sproul weaves a short allegorical tale together [...]
“Garbage Time”?
Posted in Redemption, Reflections on July 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
That’s about the extent of my playing time in high school basketball. Now I would contend that this was not due to a lack of ability on my part but more a flawed program at the private high school I attended. Regardless of my sinful desire to justify myself, that isn’t the point here. My [...]
Healing for a Broken World
Posted in Books, Politics, Redemption on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Larry just posted about this book today on his blog. I started reading it as well and have been impressed so far. I also found out that there is a DVD and study guide to go with. You can view two samples below of the DVD below.
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