A brief intermission
I know you all are patiently waiting for the conclusion of my epic drama, but I thought this was worth posting about. You can consider it a "commercial break".
My buddy, Rob, gave me this book to read at a conference I went to earlier this year. The book, the Irresistible Revolution, turned out to be one of the best, most challenging books I have ever read. It chronicles the life of one of the founders of an organization call the Simple Way, Shane Claiborne.
Shane and other members of the Simple Way live in the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia, where they live life with the people of what is considered one of the roughest neighborhoods in Philly. Well... I just saw this on their web site.
[Wednesday] morning, a 7-alarm fire consumed an abandoned warehouse in our Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The Simple Way Community Center at 3200 Potter Street was destroyed as well as at least eight of our neighbors’ homes.They are ellicting donations to help their neighbors rebuild, and to help rebuild their community center. Please visit the Simple Way site for more info on how you can help, or you can donate here:
On a side note, you should read Shane's book, but be warned, it may rock you to your core. I have a copy if you want to borrow it. Well, that is if Jeff will give it back to me.
posted by Shannon Smith @ 6/21/2007
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Dang Shannon! I'm jealous about that conference, and thanks for the tip about the book. I'll keep my eyes open for it.
And congrats on the baby! You'll be a great daddy!
The conference was awesome.
Thanks for the congrats. THus far, he has not complained about my parenting. I'll let you know if that changes when he is about 13.
the conference was awesoem. thanks for telling everyone how much fun we had there...
oh - you didnt mention me... we forget so quickly...
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