tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50198472009-02-21T10:08:54.701-05:00moving towards the greatest migration of NYCkphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06737584621878829682noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019847.post-34071315733372805222007-02-02T00:39:00.000-05:002007-02-02T00:45:59.834-05:00

while i find myself with a little time I might as well write 2 posts in one night!We had a spectacular time in Bristol UK for New Years. I realize how precious & important those relationships with people who are basically family truely are.At one point it was like 2pm & we were still in our pajamas sitting in our friends' front room (with the pullout bed open) just marveling at the so simple, yet

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I realize that I have not said much here about our church community in quite a long time, which is weird because it's really been on my mind & in my heart hardcore through 2006 & even now.Lots of great stuff happening! About 1 year ago we were still the NYC Vineyard, with our congregation in the Upper West Side, the smaller gathering on Sunday nights in our office space in Midtown & an even small

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i hate it when i think i'm running late trying to be slick & jump on the express train (N) for a few stops to then catch an earlier local train ahead of me, but then the crowded "express" runs slower than the serene, empty local leaving me:1. later than i would have been otherwise2. pissed off that i've been crammed in & watched the local pass the expressgood morning!

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one of the reasons i love new york city is because there is rich & poor right beside one another. unfortunately, not that the rich take care of the poor, but even just existing next to one another is cool to me.i was up on 5th Ave last week going to the Apple store there. It is a prestigious neighborhood, right at the bottom of Central Park, with the horse carriages lined up & the Plaza across

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This from digg.com & cnn.com: ?Of the 383 pieces of legislation that were signed into lawduring the two-year 109th Congress, more than one-quarter dealt with naming or renamingfederal buildings and structures ? primarily post offices after various Americans.?http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/12/109th-congress-success-at-naming.html

kphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06737584621878829682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019847.post-1165898658828452602006-12-11T23:44:00.000-05:002006-12-11T23:44:19.036-05:00

Been surfing around & came across some teaching from my friend Steve Munson from the Vineyard in Long Island called 'Davinci Decoded'.Steve is a scholarly stud & shares the historical facts of the early church documents, how the canon was formed, etc in a palatable way. This certainly is not Davinci Code bashing, it's rather extremely informed historical fact. I find it facinating for that

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I don't know how they expect us to get anything done... but digg.com has been blocked from our computers at work. Digg is my main source of news & info (cause it's got the good stuff). I'm just waiting for the day when they block google. That would just be unhuman AND inhumane.

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i'm writing this from the Black MacBook that I bought in the summer. I love the thing. It's made me into a mac person though i'm really wanting to properly setup windows in Parallels so I can enjoy the best of both worlds over the next couple weeks.I highly recommend these bad boys to anyone interested in getting a new computer. Especially considering the recent upgrade in Parallels that seems to

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One of the most balanced responses I've read on the news of Ted Haggard's recent public downfall was on Mirko's english blog: http://mirkosander.de/?p=77Because of the high-profile of this, it can be taken down so many roads: moral standing, political craziness, feeling sorry for him & his family, anger towards the hipocracy of religion, & even base-lining to the point where it can seem to

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Paul Strait is a guy I have been meaning to blog about for a while. Some of you know him, but none of us get to see him half as much as we'd like.Paul is a guy who was apart of the NYC Vineyard many years ago. Long story short he got in touch with the Jesus Freaks (at that time a group of mostly 17 year old teenage punks) in Hamburg & got the relationship rolling with the Turrigianos.This is a

kphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06737584621878829682noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019847.post-1162872687439883262006-11-06T23:01:00.000-05:002006-11-06T23:11:42.230-05:00

I saw Beck at Lollapalooza many moons ago. Before that day I thought, even though he was a loser (baby), he was pretty cool. It was a hot day & he was on towards the end of the afternoon, so people were tired, hot & rocknroll agitated (July in NYC is like the rain forest).So someone throws a bottle up at him on the stage... instead of taking it like a man he freaks out (like the loser he

kphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06737584621878829682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019847.post-1160667585824236642006-10-12T11:39:00.000-04:002006-10-12T11:39:46.170-04:00

I was in the World Financial Center building 4 at about 3:30 yesterday, when we saw on the flat screen TVs in the lobby that a plane had crashed into a building in Manhattan.It was strange because while there were some people visibly anxious, my collegues & other people around were very calm. A little too calm for being folks who were here 5 years ago when our collosal neighbors (WTC) were

kphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06737584621878829682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019847.post-1159469031451195522006-09-28T14:43:00.000-04:002006-09-28T14:44:05.463-04:00

found out a friend who has been struggling with cancer the last few years got a test back on monday that things were not good.i didn't know what to say or do when his wife told me. i just wanted to hug her and tell her it's going to be ok. i don't know that it is. she wasn't looking for sympathy... but i know they'll feel support from our community.i realized that i hadn't been processing

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Some of you know the Jesus Freaks. They are a movement that started in Germany & have been long time friends of the Turrigiano's. Through that, they have had a huge impact on my life & in to our church.Below is a video made about them (probably) 15 years ago & then a photo from the Vineyard NY's meeting Jesus Freaks in Hamburg in the early 90s. Look close & you'll see some people you know. I

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I had the priviledge of seeing a bootleg copy of the film about Lonnie Frisbee a few months ago. I've been thinking about blogging about it ever since, but have not wanted to sound like a life critic or know-it-all about something that I only know about 2nd hand. So the thoughts in this post are just my impression of things based on people who I know that loved & cared for Lonnie as well as other

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theres a guy who's sitting behind me at work. he's a consultant. he seems to know everything. i mean, like everything ever.he's an accomplished photographer, web designer, flash coder... & I just over heard someone talking about translating to portuguese & he's like "i speak portuguese, I lived in San Paolo for a couple years". seriously he must be like 215 years old... but just looks like a

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Today is 5 years on. There was no talk of it in the office today, even though 50 feet away there were thousands of people remembering with millions watching on TV. Actually the reporters were on our building over looking the hole.When you pass by this thing everyday it just becomes apart of everyday life. You see tourists & people quiet, mourning, paying their respects & theres me chatting on my

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um... can anyone say F'd up?http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/08/31/jeffs.affidavit/index.html

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Ingenious thinking here: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/08/japan_ticket_gates.phpI love/hate it when the resolution to problems is right under your nose.

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Freakstock with the Jesus Freaks starts today in an old horse racetrack in Gotha, Germany (used to be E Germany). I've had good times at the Boxberg.Check out the live video feed from the checkerpoint at the top right here:http://freakstock.jf-webteam.de/If you click on it, you see it bigger.Maybe I'll post up our pictures from our trip to freakstock last year sometime soon...

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was sparked by matT's blog on this.songs sung last sunday at the NYC Vineyard:Bless His NameHow Great Is Our GodCome DownGod Of MercyI have to say on record to say that I get to play with a fantastic drummer, bass player, percussion/vocalist & an equally amazing set of other musicians that join us.They are truely dreamy. Thanks guys for all that you do.Sometime I'll post some mp3s of us leading

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digg.com is the best site ever. I won't harp on it's wonders right now, but check out this way cool Baby Name Wizard that I found on digg:Is your name popular? (Or, when did people stop naming their kids Edith?)Amazingly cool Java app lets you enter a name and shows you how popular it was from 1880 to the present. Edith has been on the decline since 1880, Sunshine peaked in the 1970s, and the

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I finally got around to getting these comments working. Anyone out there feel free to shout out.

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...you're in a sauna. only it's not just a 12x12 room, the soupy, overheated mess of it is everywhere you go. the air is so thick, it feels like you can swim through it.you make the decision to go underground, where it basically functions as an oven becuase of the hot sun pounding the street all day.& you wait...one train comes. it's packed.another train comes, it's the wrong one.finally a #4

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86 dead as quake triggers tsunami:http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/indonesia.earthquake/index.htmlSIXTH DAY OF DESTRUCTION:http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/17/mideast/index.htmlplease pray for these guys... (friends of the jesus freaks in Beirut:http://diegefaehrten.jesusfreaks.de/?p=51

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