Jesus Manifesto - Latest Comments in Links for Your Perusal

Re: Links for Your Perusal

espiritu_paz — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:43:44 -0000

Concerning the first item. Hey, maybe oversharing could be a passive aggresive way of say, critiquing your boss. :)

Re: Links for Your Perusal

Anna — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:38:59 -0000

Thank you for showing us the better portions of your neighborhood for the right reasons. :) Gives you something to work towards and add even more beauty to your surroundings.

~Anna

Re: Links for Your Perusal

markvans — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:26:39 -0000

Sorry to disappoint you, Anna. My neighborhood is nice in many ways. Though that can be deceptive. Many of the buildings shown in the pictures are campus buildings. Half of the neighborhood looks really nice because of these buildings. But there are some run-down pats, mostly by Riverside Plaza (the big high-rise buildings in the pictures). Riverside Plaza is the largest subsidized housing apartments in the Twin Cities. 70% of the neighborhood is low income.

The neighborhood has its ugliness, but I don't like showcasing that ugliness by showing pictures of how horrible the neighborhood is. I'd rather celebrate its beauty. I'm sure I'd find fundraising easier if I showed more pictures of homeless people, of trashy sidewalks, and of passed out east African youth on lawns, but I don't have it in me to present that image to the world.

Re: Links for Your Perusal

Anna — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:24:08 -0000

The header is a little faint, I'll agree, but not too cheesy.

Your neighborhood seems rather nice, Mark. I was expecting something more edgy or are those the cleanest buildings in the area? And a co-op grocery? *Sigh* I wish I were so blessed.

I live behind a McDonalds and next to a poor working class neighborhood in a shabby apartment building with mostly retired folks on Social Security or disability and young army guys. Not necessarily more holy, mind you, but certainly uglier.

Re: Links for Your Perusal

Luke — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:11:51 -0000

Honestly, not a fan of the new Missio Dei header graphic, both for the sepia and the cutout-filtered cliche Jesus. Nice West Bank Images page.

Re: Links for Your Perusal

Mike — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:52:52 -0000

Balance is a hard thing to achieve in blogging. Most of the time I don't have enough detail for anyone to know what I'm posting about :)