Jose Humphreys

And Jeremy has brought me out of my blogging slumber…I guess I’m it.

Four jobs I’ve had
Case Manager, Director of a Shelter, Audio Visual person, Adjunct Professor
Four movies I can watch over and over
The Matrix, Gross Pointe Blank, Lord of the Rings (I), Jerry Maguire
Four TV shows I love to watch
Greys Anatomy, The Daily Show with [...]

I’ve been conversing via blog with Glenn and Anthony on the notion of salvation & youth culture. What happens when we’re not witnessing or hearing the traditional sinner’s prayer or the Christianisms that we can grow accustomed to hearing?
Anthony heard a youth pastor say the following:
being saved smells and looks like Jesus [...]

I’m presently reading Jesus in America, by Richard W. Fox. He provides a historical perspective on Jesus in our country, viewed as a civilizer, moral philosopher, personal savior and liberator, just to name a few.
The term “civilizer” was a result of the tactics used by the early Christians (16th-17th century) to convert [...]

At least according to what I read here. Food for thought for pastors.

Adam Cleaveland over at Pomomusings has some good notes on the Emergent event.
Relational Theology in relation to Doctrinal-Focus: The Church and Christians have so obsessively concentrated on what they believe (content of doctrine or responsible way of living in the world) that they have, or we have, have forgotten about the procedure, or [...]

Article in AOL:
The Christian leaders said they were impelled by their faith to launch the campaign out of a growing realization that the threat of global warming was real and that the world’s poor would suffer the most.
Very interesting. Perhaps a sliver that can unite…Rick Warren is involved in this as well.

EC’06
LLC & Tony Peterson
With Rudy C. & Anthony Smith
Miroslav Volf
Yale Campus
Jay Voorhees has some great pics and insights on the Emergent Theological Conversation as well.

So far I’ve had a great time at the conference. Been meeting alot of folks and getting to hang out with some blog friends. I’m still processing the theological discussion, and frankly, alot of it was heavy so I’ll give some quotes for now.
Here are a couple of Volfisms.
On Liturgy: “The [...]

I’ll be heading up there with my buddies Dave & Luis. I’m looking forward to some good dialogue and hopefully some new connections. I’ll have my laptop with me to post some happenings.
Jose

We’ve been looking at the role of church and state in one of my classes. This is an article written by Richard Niebuhr in the 1930s and is a classic among many theologians. Though dated, it touches on this whole idea of Just War, and reflects on issues we still deal with today. [...]

The new budget cuts the House passed are pretty disappointing. In addition to raising interest rates on student loans, it raised Medicaid premiums, and provides less prescription coverage. Another example of policy decisions having both racial and economic consequences on the poor and most vulnerable. Meanwhile corporations continue to get tax cuts and [...]