Here is Timothy Keller, from Redeemer Presbyterian, in New York City talking about parenting in the City. He admits that the “front nine,” the first nine years of child-rearing is tougher than the “back nine,” the years from 10-18. This message is so encouraging about parenting my kids in the City and instilling some of the dynamics of Christian faith in this setting. The hour plus required to listening to this is well worth it!!!! Here is the link to the talk.
Author: Craig
more than a legacy
I am excited about what God is doing in the WestCoast Baptist Association. God is raising up a group of churches and leaders that love people from Hope to Victoria and want to see life-changing churches in every community. I am glad for us to do our part in God’s assignment. The video below is about the WBA More Than a Legacy giving campaign. (Many thanks to Conrad Au for putting the video together.) Now is good time to give as our gifts will be matched through the generous offering of the Lam Foundation, here in Vancouver. You can give on-line through www.vancouverfocus.ca
ilinktoit, 16 October 2008
- searching for liberty in France. Muslim students attend Catholic schools.
- the joy and benefits of a long marriage.
- study finds that religious people are more generous than non-religious people.
- taking risks and enjoying the results.
- an inside look at one of my favorite shows; yes I admit I am an Extreme Home Makeover junkie!
- starbucks and water.
- who employs 1 out of 12 people in New Bruswick?
- top 10 home businesses according to Forbes.
- Naiomi Klein in Shock Doctrine writes about Korean families giving gold to the government during the big financial crisis that no-one seemed to want to bailout a little over 10 years ago.
- Marti Smith writes about Laubach stumbling into a movement lifestyle when the money ran out.
a matrix for identifying and empowering reliable people
Last Sunday I preached from the hard-working farmer metaphor highlighted by Paul to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:1-10. Paul directs Timothy to reflect on the soldier, the athlete, and the farmer in order to gain insight for investing his life and ministry in reliable people who will in turn be able to invest their lives in other people who in turn will be able to invest their lives in other people. Paul envisions the Gospel life and message being passed on through a chain of discipleship. A few years ago I developed a matrix from these three images for identiying and empowering reliable people for discipleship. You can download the pdf: matrix-for-identifying-and-empowering-reliable-people-for-discipleship
a vancouver housing tragedy
The Tyee has a story by Sean Condon on the life and death of Paul “Duncan” Giesbrecht. His body was recovered in Stanley Park, September 15, one week from his move-in date for housing. His story illustrates the need for a multi-layered strategy in Vancouver to building community and care with our neighbours who are most vulnerable to distress and death.
There is still time to register for the Church & Affordable Housing Conference.
The Church & Affordable Housing Conference 2008
starts this Friday evening at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 6:30.
Online registration closes Thursday at 4 PM.
Registration is available at the door, but lunch on Saturday is not guaranteed.
Venue: Broadway Church, 2700 E Broadway (at Slocan) in Vancouver, 2 blocks north and 2 blocks west of Renfrew Skytrain Station.
There is also a Free Public Keynote Address
Saturday, 7:30 PM, Oct 18th from Michael Brown. I have pasted the information Jonathen Bryd regarding the free lecture below.
The Faith-based Roots of the Community Land Trust Movement
Michael Brown, Burlington Associates
Community land trusts seek to balance the legitimate property rights of individuals with those of the broader community. The dual view of land found in the Judeo-Christian tradition informed both the origin of the community land trust model and the evolution of the community land trust movement over time. We’ll spend some time considering what a community land trust (CLT) is and how it operates and why CLTs are becoming a preferred approach to community development and affordable housing in many of our communities. We’ll also examine the faith-based roots of the community land trust movement and reflect on how individuals and congregations of faith can most effectively be involved in supporting this dynamic and successful approach to permanently affordable housing and sustainable communities.
Michael Brown helped found one of the first community land trusts (CLTs) in the United States in eastern Tennessee in the early 1980’s and has been involved with CLTs ever since. In the past ten years, Michael’s primary clients have included some four dozen community land trusts, as well as municipalities, county governments state agencies, land developers, state wide housing intermediaries and community-based interfaith organizations.
Burlington Associates in Community Development , LLC is the premier provider of technical assistance to community land trusts In the United States. Several partners have been involved with the CLT Movement since the early 1980s. They have helped with the start-up of over 80 CLTs, while assisting many others with organizational development and long-term planning for the stewardship of their portfolios and the sustainability of their operations. The “CLT Resource Center” which Burlington Associates added to its website in 2005 has become the first place to which many practitioners turn when seeking training guides, legal documents, program evaluations, policy research, and other technical information about CLTs. Most of these materials can be downloaded free of charge.
Burlington Associates has worked in a diverse array of inner-city neighborhoods, suburban towns, and rural communities, assisting non-profit developers of affordable housing, municipal governments, state agencies, and community development financial institutions in 39 different states.
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