http://lizrios.com "The challenges in life aren't intended to make you fall but to watch you fly like an eagle when you conquer them." Unknown Wed, 14 May 2008 23:24:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A night for all pastors, church deacons and elders, youth ministers, educators, community leaders, and congregants still uncertain about 20/20 Vision for Schools or not sure what to do next in adopting a local school. Come hear Rev. Dr. Tony Evans of the Urban Alternative, a nationally recognized faith leader ... http://lizrios.com/2008/05/14/an-event-you-should-consider/ The Christian Community Development Association is having their Annual Conference down South in Miami!!! If you are someone who is interested in how your church could get more active in community issues, how you as an individual can become part of the solution to things in your community, then you have ... http://lizrios.com/2008/05/14/ccda-coming-down-south/ This is a great piece of work, this Evangelical Manifesto. Why was it written, the writers say:"The two-fold purpose of this declaration is first to address the confusions and corruptions that attend the term Evangelical in the United States and much of the Western world today, and second to clarify ... http://lizrios.com/2008/05/14/evangelical-manifesto/ I am no where NEAR 50 but I got a freakin' AARP card in the mail!!! I figure I should join because I look DAMN GOOD FOR 50 and uh, you can't beat those dog-gone elderly discounts!!! You see its all a matter of perspective. One can find good in ... http://lizrios.com/2008/05/12/a-matter-of-perspective/ My son finished a book called The Courage of Sarah Noble, a true story about a girl who came with the early settlers to North America and had to have courage to live among the Indians, whom she did not know while her father went back to their homeland to ... http://lizrios.com/2008/05/08/do-you-have-it/ Today I shared a poem with Sam (my son) by Langston Hughes, the famous black poet, entitled I, Too. Let me share it with ya'll: I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at ... http://lizrios.com/2008/05/08/i-too/ "Let us not measure the church by the number of its members or by its material buildings. The church has built many houses of worship, many seminaries, many buildings that have been taken from her.  They have been stolen and turned into libraries, and barracks and markets and other things. ... http://lizrios.com/2008/05/06/for-the-church-planters-out-there/ This video takes me back to the days when I carried a Bible bigger than me. When I couldn't wear pants or earrings and when I always felt guilty about something. The worship in Spanish Pentecostal churches. While I would not want to relive the days of legalism, I am ... http://lizrios.com/2008/05/06/978/ I am back from NYC after what Brian McLaren called an amazing weekend. I am still tired. I actually took the "day off" today and went to see Iron Man with my son Samuel. I worked not. Since my trip was a combo trip (to take care of a friend ... http://lizrios.com/2008/05/05/im-back-well-a-part-of-me/ I know I don't post nearly as much as I should on enough "interesting" things. Seems I only have enough brain power to post what is happening in my life and not much more thought into anything else. It is what it is at this point. Let me share some stuff ... http://lizrios.com/2008/04/23/just-stuff/