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Archive for February, 2008

Please Pray for the Aschlimans

Posted in The Church on February 29, 2008 | 8 Comments »

This is a bit of a departure for me, since I decided long ago to mainly use this blog as a forum for issues related to ethnic and cultural reconciliation, but I would ask those of you who honor me by frequenting this site to pray for a wonderful couple at my church. 
Tyson and Leslie Aschliman have been [...]

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Breaking News About ‘Blues’

Posted in Books, Diversity, Evangelicals, Media on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Prison Fellowship president Mark Earley delivered a generous commentary about my book yesterday on the ministry’s BreakPoint radio program. You can read and listen to it here. I’m grateful to Mark and PFM for the shout-out, and hopeful that the message of Reconciliation Blues will reach an even wider audience as a result.

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A Raisin Remembered

Posted in Culture, Pop Culture, Social Issues on February 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Did anyone see ABC’s remake of A Raisin in the Sun last night? What did you think? The original 1961 film, based on Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play, is one of the most powerful family dramas I’ve ever seen. The entire cast, but especially Sidney Potier as Walter Lee Younger and Claudia McNeil as his mother, Lena Younger, [...]

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