“I am my School” and other Student Prayers for New York
[Ed. note: Originally published in August 2010 issue of Tri-State Voice] Goliaths fall when adults like Saul get out of David’s way. For the last twelve months, student leaders from greater New York have proven this truism time and again. Now some are organizing a citywide prayer walk of 1,600 public schools the weekend of...
Goliaths Fall When Students Lead
Goliaths fall when adults like Saul get out of David’s way. The Biblical character David was an untested teenager, a shepherd boy with no military training, when he simultaneously proved to be the only man among soldiers courageous enough to confront the giant Goliath. For 40 days, Goliath’s taunts paralyzed Israel’s army with fear. Then...
Kickin’ It Tweets
For the first time, a 20/20 event was covered real time via Twitter. Some of the highlights. Via @jlopez219 // “Death was mine to face but You took my place in Love…” -Beyond Barriers http://twitpic.com/hiz7t // Now on Stage at “Kickin it old Skool” in NYC… Beyond Barriers! http://twitpic.com/hivhq // “Mercy & Grace” from Sunset...
The ONLY student led, student leadership conference in NYC?
All of us in youth development aspire to empowering students to actually lead. Rhetorically, it’s why we do what we do. Jesus called it making disciples and put it in his Great Commission speech right before he left his own disciples to run things. History records the advantages as every major social movement has been...
