Jose Humphreys

I always get a kick out people when people say “Yep, I’ve been there and done that”, when discussing some significant life lesson. Maybe it’s just me, but I hesitate to use the word “learned” or “got down pat” and actually prefer to use the word “learning”. Mainly because I find life lessons can return [...]

Got a cool gift. It’s an NIV/The Message Parallel bible that Dave Ramos had first put me on to. Click on the pic for more info.

This is just a random post with random thoughts.
I just wanted to wish all my friends in the blogosphere a Happy New Year. It will be one year in January since I’ve started blogging and it’s been a great journey in many ways. I’ve also met new folks, learned a great deal, and hopefully we’ve [...]

Some friends went to D.C. with Sojourners and protested the impending budget cuts yesterday. Dr. Lou Carlo, Nyack Alliance Theological Seminary Director, and Rev. Ray Rivera, Executive Director of the Latino Pastoral Action Center. These men are really about it…Got arrested too with a bunch of other folks…

According to an article in Sojourners:
If the House [...]

I hosted the second Esperanza USA Networking Meeting which took place at LPAC in the South Bronx. This is a monthly “inter-organizational” meeting dedicated to resource and information exchange, along with theological reflection on community development. Alexi Torres-Fleming, Executive Director of Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice was our facilitator. Alexi challenged us saying that [...]

I’ve been tracking this story since yesterday. India’s transition into a free market economy. Here’s an excerpt as per today’s NY Times.
A Shifting Value System
India’s state-run rail network may have been built by the British, but it came to represent a certain egalitarianism. Powerful and voiceless, rich and poor – all navigated the same [...]

The church is not the church unless it exists for others.
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer