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Dave’s latest post at the Latino Leadership blog.

Interesting artcile titled Faith in Marriage on the MSN site. Here’s a bit.
Faith — belief in the judgment and authority of a higher power — can have a powerful positive influence on the marital bond, research has shown. David Popenoe, PhD, professor of sociology at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and codirector [...]

I love the title/ slogan by Mission Year, an organization that Bart Campolo is heading. Its focus is on youth and urban ministry in several cities.

I wanna act ballerific like its all terrific/I got a couple past due bill won’t get specific/I got a problem with spending before I get it/We all self conscious/I’m just the first to admit it.

-Kanye West, All Falls Down
It’s can be a 50-Cent kind-of-world, where the multi-platinum rap mogul touts, he’ll “get rich or die [...]

Back from a week’s retreat with coworkers from around the nation. It’s always nice to do something that is “other”. That is, other than the city and “roughing it” for a while. Now “roughing it” is always a relative thing right? For me it was a couple of day without internet, phone service, or television. [...]

It took place today outside the U. N., a Summit dedicated to ending poverty. Visit Mayra’s social policy blog for more pics. She attended with some of her students.

don’t forget to vote in today’s primary election. here’s a guide for voters in nyc who would like to learn a little bit more about the candidates.
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tried doing something with the blackberry and somehow lost part of my last post…

Some prophetic posts from Anthony on race and evangelicalism, and a forum I attended at Latino Pastoral Action Center on the Politics of Race, have me pondering certain archetypes we often encounter in the dialogue on race. I believe for bridges to be built between brethren of different races, we may need to further examine [...]

My morning reflection was from Sharing God’s Heart for the Poor. Here’s a quote and an excerpt.
“Mercy is a voluntary sorrow that joins itself to the suffering of another.”
-Gregory of Nyssa, 4th Century
God calls us to entangle our lives with the lives of the poor in relational, holistic ministries (ministries that address the needs of [...]

This was a NY Times headline about the dire state of New Orleans, and has been the “elephant in the room” (or the country for that matter).

In the days since neighborhoods and towns along the Gulf Coast were wiped out by the winds and water, there has been a growing sense that race and [...]