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Friday, January 22, 2010

L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE


"Union Makes Strength"
Let's stand with our neighbors and help them find their strength.

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Readin' Books Listed

  • Graphic novels are great, but books are irreplaceable. Not just picture books, but books for readin'. Steve's TOP TEN...
  • The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
  • Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
  • The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois
  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X
  • Why We Can’t Wait, Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy
  • The Call, Os Guinness
  • Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
  • The Cost of Discipleship, Deitrich Bonhoeffer
  • The Constitution of the United States of America, The Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation
  • Steve's SECOND SEVEN
  • In His Steps, Charles Sheldon (I've given away, maybe a half dozen of these to young writers and journalists.)
  • Roaring Lambs, Bob Briner (a clarion call to engage media, entertainment and culture with a compelling Christian witness)
  • The Second Reformation, William Beckham (how the church got to where it is today)
  • Wild at Heart, John Eldredge (seriously, a life changing book for most American men)
  • Why Revival Tarries, Leonard Ravenhill (handle this book with asbestos gloves!)
  • An Unstoppable Force, Erwin McManus (one way the church can get out of its rut)
  • The Complete Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar (a master of high verse and Southern dialect - classic!)

Films that Speak

  • Some celluloid gems with lasting impact...
  • 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet)
  • Casablanca (Michael Curtiz)
  • Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis)
  • Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Norman Jewison)
  • The Game (David Fincher)
  • Glory (Ed Zwick)
  • It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra)
  • Malcolm X (Spike Lee)
  • The Matrix (The Wachowski Bros.)
  • The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman)

Tunes and such

  • Calvin Nowell
  • The Shane Ladean Project
  • Swirl 23
  • Mariachi Vasquez
  • Ayinde
  • Tye Tribbett and Greater Anointing
  • Israel & New Breed
  • David Crowder Band

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Articles & Stories

  • Marriage is for white people
  • A Lesson in Hanging Tough
  • The Gospel of Kurt Elling
  • Black churches urged to return to reclaim heritage

News and Information Sites

  • News from Zimbabwe
  • Christianity Today - Books and Culture Review
  • Sojourners
  • Thunderstruck by Steve Beard
  • To The Source News Hub
  • Blogging the Bible from Slate.com

BLOGROLL (Friends, seed planters and food for thought)

  • Ragged Thots - Robert George
  • UrbanFaith.com
  • Star Parker's C.U.R.E.
  • Reconciliation Blog
  • Professor Terry Mattingly
  • LaShawn Barber
  • The Daily Blogster
  • Wes Roberts
  • Chavis Crew Communications