Jose Humphreys

The title of this post was part of a conversation I had with a group from Metro Hope Church while eating dinner at Mobays Restaurant on 125th Street, aka Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Some folks in the group mentioned deceased relatives they’ve never met. Other mentioned actors both alive and [...]

I attended a Sean Bell Protest in Harlem today at 3:00pm. There were five other protests in strategic places in the city. The energy was intense while people with fists pumping in the air shouted chants of, “No justice no peace” and “We are Sean Bell…” This latter statement was symbolic of the [...]

I attended the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast & Conference this week sponsored by Esperanza. As a regional rep for New York, I was able to coordinate and lead delegations of pastors from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to meet with elected officials to discuss a bill on comprehensive immigration reform, and a path for [...]

Originally saw this video on Jeremy’s blog. Brian McLaren talks about God’s kingdom and the use or abuse of power in light of justice. It’s a great clip.

Should I not be concerned about that great city?
-Jonah 4:11
Mayra has some interesting prayers while we walk or drive through the streets of Harlem. Her prayers concern locally owned small businesses. The Mexican guy selling mangos in the corner, the street merchants on 1-2-5th Street, the black owned cafe, the soul food restaurant [...]

Mayra wrote the term “micro agressions” on my note pad the other day. Mayra and I can be like two little kids exchanging notes in class when we sit together in a workshop. This particular talk was in Denver regarding the church’s role in undoing racism. Our friend Dave was the speaker. [...]

If the church does not participate actively in the stuggle for peace and economic and racial justice, it will forfeit the the loyalty of millions and cause them everywhere to say that it has atrophied its will.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I somehow screwed up my alarm set-up this morning. So instead of waking up to the usual cacaphony of church bells, my ears woke up to 98.7 Kiss F.M. an R&B/Classic Soul radiostation. This morning they happened to be interviewing a high ranking official of the Latino Officers Association, who has fought ardently [...]

As I prayed this morning I felt the weight of teaching.
There are two thing in particular we do as teachers. One of them is guide people through new learning in a way that makes sense. The other is provide an avenue for discovery. It’s the latter part that I believe becomes a weighty [...]

Reading N.T. Wright’s Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense. It’s in the same spirit as C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity, where Christian faith is presented to people who perhaps haven’t engaged it before. So far I’m engaged with the first chapter where he refers to justice as “putting the world to rights.” Here’s an excerpt.
Christians believe [...]

“To exist humanly, is to name the world.”
I’m teaching a class on social policy & economic justice this fall at Nyack College and its been a great time for me. Hopefully I can deposit something remotely useful into these future Christian social workers, organizers, policy makers or ministers. The questions we’re presently dealing with are: [...]