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“For I Was a Stranger, and You Took Me In”
No comments on “For I Was a Stranger, and You Took Me In”For more than 20 years my church has been a part of the Interfaith Hospitality Network, which provides temporary shelter for homeless families. Last week I had a chance to meet and talk with some…
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I Love the Look, Newsweek — But About Those Horizontal Photos…
The latest Newsweek just arrived by snail mail, and I have to say I’m lovin’ the new design. Bigger, bolder photographs… a more elegant (and yet readable!) typeface… informative fun with graphics in the “Back…
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Step Aside, NY Times — Patch Is Bringing Google Zillions to Hyperlocal Maplewood
I got interested in the hyperlocal Maplewood BlogolopolisTM because the mighty New York Times was wading into the fray (and I happen to know the local Times reporter). But it turns out the Times is…
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Live, From Maplewood:Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
OK, enough with the financial crisis, the porkulus bill, the new president, Iraq… we’re going local here. Next weekend, Feb. 20-22, a talented troupe from my church, St. George’s Episcopal in Maplewood, NJ, will stage…
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McCain Gets More Gay Votes Than Bush
I meant to follow up in a more timely way on an earlier post about the conservative gay vote. From that earlier post: Along the same lines, I also want to note estimates that nearly…
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Closer to Home…
I know you must be just aching for yet another post boasting about my recent flurry of traffic from all over the world (where the heck is Malta?), but it’s time to go hyper-local for…