Campus Crusade launches HIV/AIDS outreach with campus gay-lesbian group

Josh Spavin knows the stereotypes about evangelical Christians: judgmental, sanctimonious, narrow-minded. He may not buy into the image, but at the same time, he knows how real — and damaging — it can be.

So that’s why Spavin, a recent graduate of the University of Central Florida and an intern with the UCF chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ International, wants to launch an HIV/AIDS outreach with a campus gay-lesbian group.

“Because of the way they perceive us,” said Spavin, 25. “What we wanted to do is find common ground where we can serve along side with them. … We don’t necessarily agree with their choices, because that’s not part of our faith, but we still love them.”

Campus Crusade — an organization that once denounced rock music only to later embrace it — is once again changing with the times, engaging potential new Christians through social issues that perhaps seemed taboo in the past. Unofficially nicknamed “Good News, Good Deeds,” the initiative at UCF, and others like it, is a ground-up effort by one of the nation’s largest evangelical groups.

It also provides a peek at what issues young evangelicals see as important, and how they are changing a faith they inherited from their parents, but sometimes chafe against.

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On a quest to attend a game at every NFL stadium

One Man’s Crusade to Attend an NFL in all 31 Stadiums in the National Football League

Hans Steiniger is on a personal crusade to attend a professional NFL football game in each of the thirty-one stadiums across the National Football League, an exploit he has dubbed the Quest for 31. Hans Steiniger’s website, www.nflfootballstadiums.com, chronicles his journey through a series of informational stadium reviews summarizing his experience at each stadium.

I’m actually pretty envious of this guy.  He’s doing something I’ve always dreamed about, attending an NFL game in all the stadiums in the league.  He has a nice review of his game at Texas Stadium.

I always thought that if I was a teacher and not married and had the summer off, I would drive to as many baseball stadiums possible that summer.

Oh, and he’s half-Asian.

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