January 2011
4 posts
it's been a week.
last tuesday, i spent my first time in the south bronx. actually, that’s not true. i was blessed with a birthday gift trip to new yankee stadium last season with my friend, jason, to see my red sox win with a walk-off home run. i sat in a stadium that cost 1.3 billion dollars to build and cheered on a bunch of grown men as they tried to hit a little ball with a wooden stick. little did i...
Recovering My Voice: Qualifications to Serve →
garywiley:
As I walked around my neighborhood I continued to think about how I (and my community) can best serve Washington Heights. It is fitting on this day that I read the following quote: “You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve….
a thought from my friend, gary, who i mentioned in my last post and who has...
and then everything changed
thanks for continuing to read here. i often find myself hesitant to write; scared of failure and even success. i feel about writing as i used to feel about playing high school football. there were moments of football practice that i looked forward to experiencing, but i honestly only wanted to hit somebody, something, and get to game day as quickly as possible. i knew hitting stuff would help me...
“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we...”
– Stephen Colbert (via sillytothejoe)