DREAM FOR AMERICA

I just want to say that ACTS has been a true blessing! Even though I am not doing Youth Ministry within a church right now it has definitely helped me with my ministry in working with undocumented teens. Thank you Latino Leadership Circle for providing these resources. By the way if anyone is interested in …

Daring in Darfur

Read an excellent article about journalist Ann Curry’s work in Darfur.  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/arts/television/22curr.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin

“Pentecostals” in Trouble

One of Brazil’s top leaders within the Pentecostal movement was arrested in Miami and charged with smuggling cash into the United States.  For full story click onto: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/world/americas/19brazil.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin

Maxed Out

Dear Latino Leadership Circle, In light of Mayra’s wonderful class on Social Justice last week, I wanted to share about a very interesting documentary that has a limited run here in NYC called "Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders Facts". I have not watched the movie yet, but wanted …

Symposium on Pentecostalism to be held at Princeton Seminary

The Association of Black Seminarians, a student organization at Princeton Theological Seminary, will present a symposium “Pentecostalism: A Pre-Modern Faith in a Post-Modern Age?” on Friday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Miller chapel on the Seminary campus. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the symposium is free and open to the public. Seating …

Templeton Winner Stresses Balance of Spirituality

Law professor Charles Taylor’s 45 years of analyzing societal problems related to violence and bigotry have led to his winning the 2007 Templeton Prize, worth more than $1.5 million. Among Taylor’s conclusions is the idea that society’s problems can’t be solved as long as natural history and religion are divorced. He disputes the rationalist approach …