http://lamppostreports.com/2013/08/08/faith-not-works/
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]>wrote: > From JT Vaughn's latest blog posting: > > "When we are motivated by faith, hope and love, and when we trust that God > is the one who makes things grow, we should have the courage to step out of > the boat, even when the seas are rough. Christians must be prepared and > willing to take on challenges that appear too risky or difficult to the > outside world. Just as Peter was willing to step out of the boat when Jesus > called (Matthew 14:22-32), we too must be attentive to His call and willing > to act. And, as Jesus reminds Peter, we need not lose faith, even if it is > dark and the seas are rough, *“You of little faith,” he said, “why did > you doubt?”* > > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Quite fascinating. Like Rossi, Tom Darden has been intimately involved >> in repurposing industrial contaminated waste as something useful. Kindred >> souls? Something more? Fellow con artists? You decide. >> >> "HISTORY >> >> In 1984, a group of investors including Tom Darden purchased four brick >> plants and merged them to form Cherokee Sanford Group (CSG), which grew to >> become the largest privately held brick manufacturer in North America. When >> we discovered petroleum-contaminated soil at one of the plant sites, the >> regulators suggested taking the impaired soil to a nearby landfill. As an >> alternative, CSG proposed mixing it with clean clay in the brick-making >> process. The combustion in the kilns burned up the fuel oil in the soil. >> From this beginning, CSG started a business of receiving contaminated clay >> from underground storage tank clean-ups. By 1990, CSG was the largest soil >> remediator in the mid-Atlantic region, eventually cleaning up nearly 15 >> million tons of contaminated material. >> >> Tom Darden and John Mazzarino formed the predecessor company of Cherokee >> in 1993 to focus exclusively on environmentally impaired assets. In 1994 >> they organized a risk management advisory affiliate and then formed >> Cherokee's first institutional capital (Fund I) in 1996. Cherokee formed a >> $250 million private equity fund (Fund II) in 1998, a $620 million fund >> (Fund III) in 2002, and its current, $1.2 billion fund (Fund IV) in 2005. >> " >> >> >> > >
