Jose Humphreys

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My prayers are with my brother Marcus, youth pastor at Primitive Church, Jeremy of GenerationX-cel and a host of other visionary, urban leaders and youth who are hosting the “Voices of Silence” event in conjunction with World Vision. It’s a great purpose and cause. I love that you guys are involved in these divine experiments [...]

One icy day on my way to work my feet all of a sudden got the cold shoulder from the sidewalk and up I went into the air. One foot pointing straight to the sky while the other struggled to find friendly ground. In this seemingly eternal state of imbalance I began contemplating [...]

Question #3 on our organizational assessment form read “what makes your organization faith-based?” Julio answered, “we’d be doing this with or with out the (your) money.” This was a great answer and I typed it into our assessment verbatim. You see Julio Medina, Executive Director of Exodus Transitional Community, Inc. of [...]

It’s not our job to make it work, but to be obedient. This statement resonates in my mind today. I have two educations battling within me. The one that compulsively says, “plan, plan, plan.” And the other one that says let go and ride the waves of belief.
I don’t have [...]

Latino Leadership Circle 

Just wanted to congratulate Dave Ramos and the group formerly known as YPM (Young Progressive Ministers-Omar, Luis, Belinda) on selecting a new name. This is a great place for theological reflection, and the plain old working out of our stuff. You’re a sharp bunch, and you definetely fly where the [...]

It’s hard to imagine we were sitting here last year… 

I’ve run into the term “progressive” quite often in my journey as of late. In my own church, I would probably be considered progressive. And when I appraise my vantage point of God to that of other folks (not just in my church) the scales can tilt to the left or right. I find [...]

It was one of the most inspiring moments I’ve ever witnessed. As I leaned against the wall of that small Hispanic storefront church in Jersey City, I wondered if others felt the significance of the moment. The grand-opening celebration and ribbon cutting of a small community development corporation(CDC). As a regional rep for [...]

I’ve never been an aesthetic person. I can zoom by the most gorgeous parts of Nyack- without giving it a second thought. Chelo will be the one to say, “Lets go the long way, so we can see the leaves”. And I’m thinking, “Did something happen to the leaves that I need to know about?”. [...]

I thought it fitting on this day to talk about something that had to do with relationships, and has been on my mind. My wife read an article over the weekend, which had Hollywood star, Will Smith describing a “special arrangement” where he can ask permission from his wife to sleep with someone else, and [...]

Caught the movie HITCH with some friends last night. It was laugh-out-loud funny, romantic and all that good stuff. Will Smith shined as always. Eva Mendes was great (somebody in our group said Mayra looks like her; I said yeah baby!), and Kevin James (the guy from “The King of Queens” was [...]

“The fundamental role of the public intellectual – distinct from, yet building on, the indispensable work of academics, experts, analysts, and pundits – is to create and sustain high-quality public discourse addressing urgent public problems which enlightens and energizes fellow citizens, prompting them to take public action.”
– Cornel West

AI 
Okay so I have to admit it. I enjoy watching this show, the same way I enjoy the thrill of eating at a local greasy spoon- because you never know what your gonna get, whose going to walk in, and what might be unexpectedly pleasing.
But what really I secretly revel in, is that this show [...]

When I first heard the news I was relieved. The cuchifrito on 103rd Street is opening again. A place where you can find typical Latino “fast food” that is mostly fried. These are the places you know you shouldn’t eat from frequently, but there’s something beyond the cholesterol, it’s an experience. Cuchifritos are [...]

NYer of the Week 

Congrats to Rocky Stella on being selected as NYer of the week by NY1, New York’s cable newschannel.
Rocky’s a good friend of my dad, a community servant and was instrumental in getting us a parking permit for the new church plant on Avenue D.
NY1 said the following about him:
Rocky Stella created [...]