I’m not sure when but a tiny bit ago, Louie Giglio, the pastor of Passion City Church the founder of the Passion Conferences, was invited to give the inaugural prayer for President Obama. He was chosen for his leadership in the fight against human trafficking and slavery all over the world. Recently, a group searched…
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Is education unfair? I don’t know since I’ve never lived anywhere else but in NYC it’s definitely true. Many teachers are scared to go into the rough neighborhoods and work there. When I was in the youth group of our church a lady from our congregation spoke to us one time and she was a…
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So I’ve spent a good amount of time with my mom who worked as a social worker in Philadelphia for about 6 years. One thing about social workers is that it’s a ridiculously tough job and you don’t have regular work hours. Once you know the problems in the neighborhood you can’t separate yourself from…
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I’ve always had some thoughts here and there about our education system, mostly from my own perspective of course. In my life, from what I can remember, I’ve been to public school for the first two years of my education, then private for 5, and starting from middle school on public education in NYC. When…
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Lord, to whom shall we go? After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed,…
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So a few years ago for Christmas, I got my sister the Chronicles of Narnia book with all of them in chronological order. I’ve never read anything by CS Lewis, and you might chuckle but it’s true! All of you must be wondering, how can you be a Christian and not have read anything by…
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I guess one thing I usually do over breaks is some reading. One book I recently finished and would highly recommend is “In the Name of Jesus” by Henri Nouwen. It’s a beautifully and succinct book on Christian Leadership that I would honestly recommend to not only every Christian Leader but also every Christian. I would…
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It’s kind of weird being home. It’s also a bit weird to have Christmas without snow (sorry my Cali friends). I honestly can’t believe that Christmas is already over! I can’t believe I’ve been home for almost two weeks already! This is ridiculous! People ask me what I have done and I can honestly say…
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This video is simply amazing and moving. To summarize really quickly, there was a missionary family that went to this tribe in Papua, Indonesia to preach the gospel. At some point they left, and now they are returning fifty years after they first arrived with their children who are all grown up. You can see…
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First off, the video above was made by the one and only Daphne “DaphTaph” Tan. Mad props. It has no story or anything, but it’s just random clips from the year of ppl in Cru and at Cru stuff. If you haven’t really read any of my stuff before or don’t know me, Cru is…
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William Poon is an MBA student at Cornell Tech. He’s also a VC Fund Manager with Big Red Ventures, Cornell’s MBA run VC fund. He’s looking for Strategy, Product, or VC roles after the MBA program.
Previously he’s started two companies and working in Impact Investing. He’s helped start a startup accelerator for education, healthcare, and finance.