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Equipping parents with key resources
11/30/10
As a parent in New York City, it is so easy to get caught up in the busyness of life. We find ourselves running after our kids, trying to serve them to the best of our ability but often wishing we had a few good resources to help us better train and equip them for life. Join us Sunday, December 12th, as we walk through some incredibly informative and helpful resources for us as parents.
Thanksgiving: loving our city with
11/01/10
According to an article in the NY Times this year, the poverty barometer in New York City measured $30,000 annual income for a family of four in 2008. The federal measure was $22K. This is because of the high cost of housing in the city. People aren’t necessarily losing their jobs in the midst of the recession, but are moving down the job ladder. Bottom line—around one in five working families in NYC earns below the poverty line.
Finding rest in New York...
10/19/10
All too often the word used to typify New York City is the word "ambition". Ambition is not necessarily a bad thing. The bible speaks of ambition both in a positive light, and a negative light.
On mission together - part 1
09/28/10
All too often when we hear the word "mission" in Christian circles, we have this gut reaction with images of missionary types in days gone by, going out into deepest, darkest Africa to preach all alone while risking wild animals, hostile tribes, malaria and a litany of both imagined and real unknowns.
Sex trafficking in New York City
09/12/10
I have always thought of sex trafficking as a foreign problem, something you hear of in Thailand or an equally distant place. I never considered that it might be a very real problem in the United States, and definitely not in New York City. That was until I was introduced to G.E.M.S.
...thirsty
08/11/10
Over the last little while, a number of us have been working behind the scenes getting ready to launch this website. We have seen the site as a means, a tool, a resource... but not as a destination or end in itself. We've been captivated by an incredible story, one that is larger than each one of us, one that gives profound...
Paul's heart
08/02/10
Looking at Paul’s life, it is interesting to note the order and nature of his passions, priorities and focus. Having written so much of the N.T., been entrusted with the mystery of the gospel, and having pioneered many new plants in and around the Mediterranean region, it would do us well to include Paul in our study of kingdom living, priorities and commission…
truth: principle, person or other?
07/23/10
The sentence “I que es la veritat”, found in the Portico de la Pasión, passion façade – gate of the Sagrada Familia, is dedicated to the crucifixion of Christ. It is Catalonian for “and what is the truth?” The issues of meaning & truth have been long debated over various epochs. Today is no different. Is truth definable or simply seen as one of many perspectives? Are we now lost in linguistics where definitions are at best subjective attempts at meaning…
Christocentricity
07/13/10
…simply put, seeing Christ as the center of all things, as He always has been. The bible clearly portrays God as Trinitarian - Father, Son and Holy Spirit… there are no if’s and but’s about this. What is interesting is to see the various biases throughout church history, evidenced in the many Creeds, the cults denying the true nature and placement of Christ...