Author Archives: destinoeric

About destinoeric

A white guy who believes Latinos will change the world, Destinoeric has been with Destino since early 2008. You can read more of his posts here or on twitter.
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May 15, 2012

What Marriage Has Taught Me About Contextualization

This is the first post in our series on contextualization and the gospel. You can read more posts here: Contextualization and the Gospel. Eight years ago today I married the woman of my dreams. We've been all over the world together, through ...

Bienvenidos
May 1, 2012

5 Ways to Connect Your Movement to Churches

The biggest correlation to our Destino students long term spiritual success has been the depth of their connection to local churches. Over time we've noticed that the students who are most involved in church are the most likely to be ...

Adopt a College Student
April 30, 2012

Adopt a College Student Program

Connecting our Destino students with local churches is a high priority. We developed an "Adopt a College Student" program to help our students become involved in the lives of families in churches. Download a prototype description to see how we ...

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April 9, 2012

Why Discipleship Is Incomplete Without Talking About Ethnic Identity

Our ethnicity is part of our identity in Christ. Ignoring it means we ignore part of how God has "fearfully and wonderfully" made us. Rarely have I ever read a book or listened to a talk on discipleship that included a ...

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April 8, 2012

Ethnic Identity Model

One of our main goals in Destino is to help students grow in their ethnic identity journey. We've adopted a model from Orlando Crespo's book, "Being Latino in Christ", to help staff and students better understand how to help someone ...

April 7, 2012

Latino Links 04/07/2012

HISPANIC/LATINO Kids Choice Awards 2012: Meet The 22 Coolest Latino Kids In Hollywood http://huff.to/HpTQRH Hispanics spell out why labels don't fit – CNN.com http://bit.ly/HJs0Ls How a Mega Millions winning couple used their jackpot to enrich Latino education - http://bit.ly/HJsNfc Latinas are Lowest-Paid in the US, ...

Graduation
March 27, 2012

7 Ways to Help Hispanics Succeed Academically

The future of America depends on Hispanics' success in education.  Your movement is no different. It is dependent upon Latinos' success. If students in your movement are not doing well in their studies then they will lose scholarships. When they lose scholarships ...

March 24, 2012

Latino Links 3/24/2012

HISPANIC/LATINO 25 Of The Most Influential Latinos In Contemporary American Culture - http://huff.to/GUYlPS Get to know Anna Maria Chávez, first Latina CEO of Girl Scouts of USA - http://bit.ly/GUZ9o1 Is Latin America losing its faith? - AlJazeera - http://aje.me/GUXm22 Latinas move out after college ...

March 17, 2012

Latino Links 3/17/2012

DESTINO (Destino Students Featured in the New York Times) - Vying for Campus President, Illegal Immigrant Gets a Gamut of Responses - http://nyti.ms/wwMNPU Guerra Con Los Ojos - http://bit.ly/wGHWbj HISPANIC / LATINO CULTURE Chicago Group La Casa Offers Latino College Students Housing - http://bit.ly/wCMxOq In History: Over one million ...

March 16, 2012

Why Ethnicity Matters

There is a perception in the dominant culture of North American Christianity today that ethnicity is no longer important to believers. The idea is that because we are children of God we are all called to be colorblind. In Destino, ...