Jose Humphreys

Man, we had a great time at our Conversations gathering. And I’m not just saying that. I felt so energized at the end of a long day. Our team had low energy going in-it was crazy-we all felt the same vibe of tiredness, but really drew strength from our time together. [...]

I’m at the tail end of a long but fruitful month. A group of us ended our listening and visioning tour of different church plants in the city today. I had the opportunity to share our vision at some innovative, and anointed church plants and was truly enriched. Beginning next Sunday our [...]

“How do you love God?”
This was Isaiah’s question yesterday at the LLC cohort meeting. Isaiah is about 6 or 7 years old, I think. He happens to be the son of one our cohort members, Juan Carlos Morales. We were actually stumped with this simple yet profound question. Maybe because there [...]

What is a gospel centered church? This is what a course at Redeemer’s Church Plant Institute has me pondering. Tim Keller, senior pastor of Redeemer has a great body of work on gospel centered faith. Check out this quote:
We never “get beyond the gospel” in our Christian life to something more [...]

I’ve been going through a blogging dry spell. I think it has to do with the amount of stuff on my plate at present. I’m not sure if it’s the actual stuff I’m doing, as much as simply feeling the weight of responsibility on the old shoulders . Managing projects for some [...]

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to [...]