Jose Humphreys

whether in metropolis, suburbia, or in the congo… a reflection by the late Archbishop Oscar Romero below…
It helps now and then, to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the [...]

interesting article in the ny times on the Billy Graham crusade. also some decent insights on evangelicalism in america.
jeremy has some detailed coverage of his involvement in the crusade on his blog, along with a great seat at the event…
jose h.

bruce wayne said it in batman begins, and i tend to agree…
just last week my wife and i were asked, “do you ever feel stressed out to the point of wanting to leave the city?”
now this is a question we’ve been asked many-a-time before. and each time we answer, hearing our own responses [...]

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of liberation theology, gustavo gutierez states,
this is a theology which does not stop with reflecting on the world, but rather tries to be part of the process through which the world is transformed. it is a theology which is open-in the protest against trampled human dignity, in the struggle against the plunder of the [...]

i dedicate this post to my good friend tito, from seattle, who just yesterday via blackberry wrote, “remember, no one will know your dream, unless you live it out.”
tito’s encouragement was another bead on a thread of verbal, intuitive, and symbolic cues i’ve been receiving as of late. i’m riding this dream crest with a [...]

you find a “bootleg” copy of it being sold by street vendors on 1-2-5 Street in Harlem. mayra and i saw among a diverse selection: your best life now by Joel Osteen. it was up two rows from the title, “booty call.”
i told mayra, “man. joel osteen has reached the hood.”
some [...]

A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

why did he have to get injured? he had been putting up jordanesq numbers (and then some) before that dreaded rib injury. he was slashing, dunking, passing, scoring, doing it all. now this injury to dwayne wade, in many ways would decide the eastern conference playoff series. And Detroit, what can you say? They’re just [...]

check out the Boondocks…

Check it out at Anthony’s site.

Hermes Caraballo, formerly the Director of Faith-based Initiatives in the Bronx Borough President’s office, passed away from a stroke a couple of days ago. We had last seen Hermes at the Latino Pastoral Action Center’s awards gala on May 14th, where he received a life-time achievement award. An honor much deserved. Hermes [...]