I received a package in the mail yesterday afternoon from Catalyst. Inside the package I found a moleskin journal and an envelope of names. I opened the brown leather journal and read the challenge. I had 24 hours to perform one of the 30 projects described in the first few pages of the journal, and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Community’
July 30, 2008
What’s Acceptable? What’s Possible?
About three weeks ago someone in my Sunday School class asked a simple question that has stuck with me. We were studying the Beatitudes and talking about how completely counter-culture Christ is calling us to live. In the discussion, this person asked
“I wonder what behavior we accept today that twenty years from now we will [...]
July 26, 2008
My 97 Seconds of Fame – The Public Transportation Interview
Public transportation has been a topic in the media lately here in Huntsville. The main question that is being asked is, “Given the surge in gas prices, why hasn’t Huntsville seen the jump in public transportation participation that other major cities have seen?” Great question. Many current local political leaders and many candidates running for [...]
July 15, 2008
Urban Renewal
Urban Renewal is a topic that I have become very interested in. During the Fermi “Q” Conference last April, the lab that I chose to go on was titled “Sustainable South Bronx”. We rode the subway from Manhattan to the South Bronx. Comparing the sites going into the subway right next to Madison Square Garden [...]
July 13, 2008
Helping the Homeless in Huntsville
The Youth at our church participated in Missions Week all last week. Missions week is a week of where the youth spend the night together (guys in the gym, girls on the youth hall) and during the day participate in local mission opportunities in our community. Tony (youth minister) invited one of his close friends, [...]
June 26, 2008
Message without words
Check out this video that I ripped from a friend’s blog site. What I find interesting about the video is 1)communication without words and 2) the message that involving yourself in the community can sometimes lead you into very strange circumstances. How many of you have involved yourself in a situation only to find that you [...]
June 8, 2008
Busy Times
I’ve been very busy this past week with work and filling out a profile packet for Young Professional of the Year. At work, I am managing numerous programs, and they all had major events in the same week (I hate it when that happens). I am excited just to be nominated for YPOY in Huntsville. [...]
June 1, 2008
Who Cares If They Get An Education
I was tagged in a meme by my friend Duncan. I didn’t even know what a meme was (other than the name we call my maternal grandmother), but the quote from St. Francis of Assisi is so good that I have to respond. Here is a reprint of the meme from Duncan (originally from Jamie [...]
May 15, 2008
Culture Making
“You don’t change culture by critiquing culture. You change culture by creating culture.” – Andy Crouch, Fermi Q Conference NYC 2008
Andy Crouch was one of the speakers at the Fermi Q Conference in April. In our conference swag-bags, we were given a sampler (chapter 4) from his forth coming book titled Culture Making. I read [...]
May 13, 2008
Shuttle Route #10
Today my friend, Bennett, and I used public transportation to get to work and back. We both live in English Village in South Huntsville and both work at TSC/Phase IV Systems on Triana Boulevard near the middle of town. The journey started in my back yard at 6:00am. We walked about 0.75 miles to the [...]
