Jose Humphreys

Having relationships only with Christians made it difficult to obey the teachings of Jesus about being on a mission for him and being salt and light to the world…I started to feel convicted that I had become a part of the Christian subculture, that strange bubble which little by little sucks you into it, and [...]

Got together with some folks from our church plant and had some great laughs at IHOP in Harlem. We were originally supposed to go to the Schomburg Center for an exhibit called Stereotypes vs. Humantypes: Images of Blacks in 19th & 20th Centuries, but it was filled to capacity.
It’s okay. The laughs over [...]

I’m speaking at Bethesda Covenant Church this Sunday in Midtown Manhattan. I met Adam and Amy Rohler, Pastors of Bethel at a a midwinter conference in Denver.
Part of my sermon is going to address this topic of “ego shedding” within the context of John 6, Jesus’ miracle multiplying the bread and fish for 5,000 [...]

John the Baptist, in response to people saying Jesus’ ministry was blowing up and his was not said, “I must decrease and he must increase”. That was an amazing statement.
As for me, I know there are times when I like my ego to be well situated and in full effect. Ego can [...]

I attended the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast & Conference this week sponsored by Esperanza. As a regional rep for New York, I was able to coordinate and lead delegations of pastors from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to meet with elected officials to discuss a bill on comprehensive immigration reform, and a path for [...]

In both the introduction and first chapter of They Like Jesus but not the Church, Dan Kimbal talks about people’s misconceptions of Christians. He partly attributes this to a few Christians on television, who pretty much represent the whole bunch of us. Meanwhile there’s a whole generation of twenty to thirty something [...]

But not the Church…
I just received this book via Amazon.  At first glance some folks might think the author, Dan Kimball, is just another person who is attempting to deconstruct and criticize the church.  This aint the case though.  As I perused some of the chapters, you see that he’s a [...]