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Name: Danny
Location: Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Expertise: Content management systems and a wide range of technologies including browser technologies, content management systems, Enterworks, Java, localization, SharePoint, social media and XSL.
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| LAST SEASON, THE VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES wore the Riddell VSR4 -- the very helmet Stefan Duma's research found unsafe. For the 2011 season, Virginia Tech will wear the top-rated Riddell Revo or Speed models, with each player choosing whichever better fits the quirks of his head shape. Considering the Hokies have four helmet color combinations and dress 72 for games, that's a truckload of new helmets. "My equipment manager has wanted to get rid of the VSR4 for years," says Goforth, the Virginia Tech trainer. "He has long believed the new designs are safer. Finally, he has research to back him up." Posted via email from dannywahlquist's posterous | | |
| "Jesus didn't call us to be safe and He definitely didn't call for us to be arrogant. The Great Commission is very simply stated yet vividly descriptive. Jesus didn't say you do this nation and the black people will do that nation and the Hispanic people will do that nation. The Great Commission tells us to have a heart for making disciples and baptizing all nations." "You must come to see that God is neither a Baptist nor a Methodist; He is neither a Presbyterian nor an Episcopalian. God is bigger than all of our denominations. If you are to be true witnesses for Christ, you must come to see that, America.""It can be messy navigating through incorporating rock, gospel, rap, or country music into the Sunday morning worship experience to connect with everybody in the church. Consequently, it's easier for some churches to stay the way they are so they can avoid dealing with the mess that might be created from having a diverse church." from Church Diversity: Sunday the Most Segregated Day of the Week by Scott Williams Posted via email from dannywahlquist's posterous | | |
| The brutal facts are that as Christians we must be more concerned about spreading the gospel than we are about tradition and comfort...The reason God's Church is not diverse is because His people have not learned to really love their neighbor as themselves. You can't pretend that your church is immune from the culture that surrounds it. You can embrace the culture of your surroundings without compromising the foundations of your faith. This is absolutely necessary if you have any desire to win your community to Christ.A church that had experienced little growth for years and years had an opportunity to be partakers in the gospel as Paul says, but the focus wasn't on the people who were there who needed Christ. The focus was on how we had brought aspects of American culture into our church. The church wasn't driven by the gospel. from Church Diversity: Sunday the Most Segregated Day of the Week by Scott Williams Posted via email from dannywahlquist's posterous | | |
| Some great quotes from Church Diversity: Sunday the Most Segregated Day of the Week by Scott Williams The one driving force at the core of this culture of embracing diversity was the genuine passion to reach "all people and all students for Jesus." When it comes to what the congregation of a church looks like, it's usually a direct reflection of what is represented on the platform. One of the many questions that people walking through the doors of a church, especially for the first time, are asking is this, "Is there anyone in this church that looks like me?""Although we love what's going on at my church, it's challenging for me to bring my sons to a church where they never see anyone who looks like them in some sort of leadership role. I want to be able to point and say, 'Look — that could be you.' I want to give them something to aspire to. It may sound crazy or shallow, but it's real." Posted via email from dannywahlquist's posterous | | |
| "That is what we want to cultivate in our churches. Not a group of selfish people who come together to be entertained, but a body of selfless believers who are learning how to worship God as a lifestyle." "True worship begins by realizing that God seeks those who worship Him with all of who they are." "We who tend to worship our work, work at our play, and play at our worship need to realize how the tyranny of the urgent can diminish the significance of the things that are important." from The Church Awakening: An Urgent Call for Renewal by Charles R. Swindoll Posted via email from dannywahlquist's posterous | | |
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