Jose Humphreys

I do some of my best thinking after events or meetings. After participating in last Friday’s event where LLC hosted Brian and Grace McLaren, my thoughts about the emergent conversation are that much clearer. Brian said something in a pre-meeting that served as a type of healing balm for me. It came in the [...]

LLC is gearing up for an exciting event this Friday, May 26th at the American Bible Society. It will be a great time of dialogue with Brian McLaren and great fellowship with other folks across the city. McLaren will be discussing the Emergent dialogue and its impact on the church, as well as [...]

You can find some great quotes on community and jazz at the Jazz Theologian’s blog. He quotes Paul Berliner,
“Jam sessions set the musicians free to take risks. Diverse cross sections of people come together to just play and learn from one another. The jam session remains an open system where diverse people [...]

Love that is characteristic of God’s kingdom is possible only for a forgiven people-a people who have learned not to fear one another. For Love is the nonviolent apprehension of the other as other.
-Stanley Hauerwas
I’d like to flesh out at least one aspect of my previous post on the topic of organic leadership. It [...]

Here’s a New York Times review of The Da Vinci Code. The title reads: A ‘Da Vinci Code’ That Takes Longer To Watch Than Read.

Yesterday I had a coaching session with a youth minister who I’ve worked with in the past. As I discussed the different leadership methods: hierarchical, egalitarian, organic, etc. I was reminded of how organic-egalitarian models can be hard work. I can see why hierarchy is so appealing. 1. It creates defined roles, [...]

With much written about urban Christianity, Albert H. Ysu has written about spirituality in the burbs. He also has a blog site.
Below is a little about his book.

Al Hsu unpacks the spiritual significance of suburbia and explores how suburban culture shapes how we live and practice our faith. With broad historical background [...]

Rudy Carrasco has a new book on urban ministry, community development, and multi-ethnic outreach. In it he uses his 15 years of experience to expand the lens of urban ministry. Rudy also incorporates some thought provoking questions at the end of each chapter. I’ll be picking it up here.

Latino Leadership Circle (LLC) will be hosting Brian McLaren on May 26th.

I’ve been reading through the New Testament and ran into this familiar verse. The Message Bible highlights it in a way I could appreciate all the more.
Matthew 7
If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship,it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in [...]

Bonhoeffer’s language is somewhat salty in his rendition about grace. Not necessarily a bad thing…But a past ridden in legalism can in many ways render my initial reactions to be somewhat allergic. Nevertheless reflecting on the cost of grace, I believe it can be treated cheaply. How do we treat those costly benefits in [...]