From the Inferno to the Pulpit: Break Dancing and the Art of Cultural Hermeneutics

From the Inferno to the Pulpit: Break Dancing and the Art of Cultural Hermeneutics By David Ramos Flashback: The year is 1978, my older brother is joining the Marines and my father allows me to go with him for his going away party to a club—a real club—the Inferno in New York City. I just …

Apologies

For the faithful, I apologize for not posting lately. Anger, frustration and transition kept me from these pages. Keep my wife and I in your prayers and all those in New Orleans and surrounding states, as we fly out tomorrow morning to Florida when Hurricane Katrina is scheduled to hit ground.

DEVO Back in Brooklyn

by Luis Alvarez On Thursday, July 28, LLC’s very own David Ramos (Devo) was at Park Slope Christian Tabernacle’s July Core Meeting. David brought an excellent conference on "The Leader’s Sacrifice." The conference delt with the ocupational hazards of church leadership, some of the causes and preventive measures. Dave spoke about the following pitfalls: 1. Loneliness …

Blogging Community

by Luis Alvarez I finally got the nerve to do my first post. Quite frankly I was avoiding it. I’ve always felt blogging in its most significant form involved some type of self disclosure and to some extent making a piece of your journal public. For the last couple of months I wasn’t really keen …

Mr. Bailey

Mr. Bailey By David Ramos On Saturday my wife Gigi and I decided to go out to eat breakfast so we went to a local spot to experience the joys of being served hot coffee and all the morning rituals that breakfast affords us. While we were there we couldn’t help but notice an old …

Latino Pastoral Action Center Conducts Citywide Conference

The Latino Pastoral Action Center Conducts Citywide Conference By David Ramos On Wednesday, July 13, 2005, the Latino Pastoral Action Center (LPAC) conducted a citywide conference entitled, The Role of Character and Leadership in Community Development; the Rev. Dr. A.R. Bernard, Senior Pastor of the Christian Cultural Center (CCC) was its keynote speaker. Rev. Dr. …