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i cannot express my thankfulness to God for the past few weeks–every Sunday is more extreme than the last in terms of “MY MIND WAS BLOWN AND I HOPE I GOT GREAT NOTES”.

Every week has more crazy stories than the last (this week was a homeless friend and 4 new people ive never really met coming to dinner and playing board games) and more wonderful memories (this week my parents even came and we went out for dinner–cant remember the last time i did that, at least  2 months ago, and i adoorrre my parents).  More importantly, God is MOVING IN BOSTON–who’d've thought here of all places He would be doing the miraculous and filling people like my friends and I with his spirit?!

season of discipline and excitement started today.

Many of you have probably noticed that I haven’t posted in a while. This became especially embarrassing when I was informed last week that Reconciliation Blog had been named to “The 50 Top Evangelical Christian Blogs” by the Biblical Learning Blog. So, I figured I should try to work my way back into that blogging rhythm. Truth is, I get tired of writing about race all the time.

Well we are back in Seattle, very grateful that even though we ended up spending an extra day in Pittsburgh, our time was relaxed and enjoyable.  Not like many who have endured the weekend without power, and in some cases water and good food.  We are back just in time for Slow Down Week Slow down week. February 8-12 Adbusters encourages all of us to slow down.  I love their reminder that :

Slow isn’t necessarily a pace, its a philosophy – a way of approaching life.  We can slow down simply by addressing the disconnect that makes life feel anxious, alienating and fast.  Read the Adbusters post here

For weeks, I’ve been hearing about how offensive Focus On The Family’s Super Bowl commercial was going to be. A coalition of women’s groups called on CBS not to run the ad.

When I finally saw the commercial, I was indeed stunned: I couldn’t believe the brouhaha was over this.

Friends:

As you may have heard, in January the Coalition of Urban Youth Workers transitioned leadership from co-chairs Walter Sotelo and Kevin Young to me as its new Chairperson. After serving the Coalition for three years in a supportive function as the architect of 20/20 Vision for Schools, it is an honor to have been asked to assume a leadership role again after that assignment ended.

• Proving that the NBA learned nothing from the NHL lockout, they are planning for a massive labor stoppage in 2011 as NBA owners have grown tired of losing money and plan to crush the NBA union.  The owners want to take a far greater percentage of the basketball-related income. They want to pay millions less for maximum deals and shorten contracts. Most of all, they want a hard salary cap and assurances that protect themselves against a diminished economy and, well, themselves.

Anticipating a great game — and half-time snoozefest — for Super Bowl XLIV, and remembering the controversy that precipitated the recent wave of half-time retreads? Originally posted in 2004.

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Let’s Talk about Sex

A sixteen year old boy ogles internet porn on his bedroom PC. His fourteen year old sister listens to Jessica Simpson’s “Sweetest Sin” while text messaging gossip about her fantasy with green eyes. Their twelve year old brother lost his virginity last week.

And mom and dad are still irate about Janet Jackson’s sunburst nipple ring.

It’s time for a little perspective.

Many charities are complaining that it’s impossible to sent supplies to Haiti right now.  Well that makes sense as that is what every relief organization and government agency has been saying repeatedly. 

Matthew Good talks about the “what ifs” if Vancouver had not won the games.  I know whenever I talk about Olympic games some of you are shocked as you can’t figure out someone who loves sports as much as I do, dislikes the Olympic games so much.  It isn’t that I dislike the Olympics that much, it is just that I can’t stand the cost of hosting them and the debt that comes with it.  No one is heading to Nagano today because of their Olympic games, no one is headed to Salt Lake City any longer because of them hosting the Olympic games.  Already China is trying to figure out what to do with the

I don’t usually blog or in fact open my computer on Sundays but because we are still waiting to make sure that our flight out of Pittsburgh this afternoon is actually going to fly, my routines have been somewhat disrupted.  So I decided to work on another Lenten meditation video based on Isaiah 58.  In the process I came across this beautiful and heartrending song by Shirley that is also based on Isaiah 58.  It would make a powerful Lenten reflection and I thought some of you would appreciate it.

Today I had a long conversation with “Dennis” on the street corner downtown. He was on his bicycle waiting to turn the corner as I was crossing the street in front of him. I started up a chat with him which quickly became a conversation about his readiness to enter eternity and stand before God.