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Michael Vick – A resurgence at a crossroads

Michael Vick – A resurgence at a crossroads

In 1998 the Virginian raised Vick was considered the best African American quarterback prospect in history. Vick smashed all rushing and passing records possible with great ease and poise that is usually shown by ten year veterans in the NFL. .

  • How am I – do you really want to know?

    "How are you?" "Not good." "Oh. I was hoping you would just say 'Good' then we could get on with our day."

  • Carrying God's presence

    What might carrying God's presence look like? This is an expression of the ideal as portrayed in the Scriptures. Essentially, as part of the body of Christ, we carry God's presence with us and in us. In 1 Corinthians 3 verses 16-17, Paul says "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are the temple."

  • Busy: my new four letter word

    Here\'s how a typical daily interaction goes. (I\'m talking about my own experience, but maybe you can relate.) I pass someone at the Youth With A Mission base, where I both work and live. We greet each other.

  • On the door and you

    Doors are symbols, metaphors, why have we found them so potent? Why are they the symbol of our decisions and our fate? The movie "Temple Grandin' uses doors as all the opportunities we are given in life and challenges us to enter them. How did something so banal, every day and ubiquitous become so symbolic? The symbolism stretches back millennia and even Jesus described himself as a door in the gospel of John (10:9).

  • Can Love be Defined

    What is Love – billboards, popular magazines, television, films, books all reveal the various dynamics of romantic love – it\'s on display everywhere. These ideals are prised. There is certainly value in romantic love, and my question is whether I am the only one who is questioning whether this is what Love is? Is there more? Is love this narrow conception?

  • Early season bragging rights on the line in Canberra

    The Australian rugby league team has made 5 changes to the side that defeated New Zealand in the corresponding clash last year. The Australians have gone for experience in what should be a tight clash in Canberra on Friday night against the New Zealanders.

  • The Poor: A blessing or a Curse?

    I have actually wanted to write this article for years. I dreamt it up a while back while working in Toronto at Yonge Street Mission\'s Evergreen Centre for Street Youth Drop-In Centre. At that time, my life was working with the marginalised, the vulnerable; \'the poor\'.

  • Think before you buy pink

    Slapping a pink ribbon on a person or product is synonymous with waging war against breast cancer. Pink ribbon products proudly display their devotion to the cause; promising to donate funds to breast cancer research or push for improved patient services. A growing group of dissenters have had enough, believing the girly-hued initiative is actually damaging the movement, rather than helping it.

  • You are home to me

    We create sacred spaces in our lives. We call them holidays and songs, poems and places. Favourite books, favourite meals, favourite people.

  • Four things our fascination with crime reveals about us

    Our society is captivated by acts of brutal violence and horrific brutality. We greedily consume fictional crime stories on television and in books. www.throng.co.nz reports that CSI, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and Criminal Minds feature consistently among the top 20 most-watched weekly shows in New Zealand. Crime fiction is among the most popular literary genres, with at least five novels on the current New Zealand Nielsen Weekly Bestselle

  • Hall of Fame

    While I lived in England for seven years (returned home to Australia end of 2010) a huge annual night of Football (called Soccer in Australia) was the gala entry of great English players selected for the Football Hall of Fame.