Monthly Archives May 2007

Evangelicals and Orphan Care

Here’s a great article that just came out by the AP on evangelicals and orphan care. Our good friends Matt and Kristin were interviewed about their experience as foster parents.
I am very encouraged by how the evangelical church is growing in it’s efforts to care for the orphans (500,000 in the foster system and [...]

Joy

Shawnda shot this on the way back from Charleston, SC the other week. I’ve been playing it over and over again all morning!

Beyond the Third Place?

The “third place” is the place between the home and the office - for many it is the coffeeshop. It is in the third place that we meet friends, hold business meetings, rest, work, get away from things, etc. Richard Florida has a great post on the status of the coffeeshop as the third place [...]

10 Best Cities for African Americans

As a father of two black children it is encouraging to see our city listed in the top ten.
In it’s May issue, Black Enterprise Magazine, released it’s ranking for the top 10 cities for African Americans.

Washington, DC
Atlanta, GA
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Houston, TX
Nashville, TN
Dallas, TX
Charlotte, NC
Indianapolis, IN
Columbus, OH
Jacksonville,FL

These top ten cities….
All have a higher percentage of black [...]

Psalm Drummers

Check these guys out. I have been playing “Spirit of Unity” nonstop the past two days and Samuel and I played our drums along with the other night and had a blast! You can also pick up their album on itunes if you dig it.