Lubbock, New York, Rochester

I just spent a week in NYC (the Bronx specifically) with eleven college students and three faculty/staff from Rochester College. We spent time in prayer, meditation, reflection, serving the poor at the Bowery Mission and local hospital, visiting some of the most historic churches in the United States such as Brooklyn Tabernacle, Riverside (Baptist) Church, St. Paul’s, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

We also spent the majority of the time with the leaders of the Bronx Fellowship of Christ, an emergent church movement led by a stellar team of ministers. They are bridging the gap of economics, race, and gender in "Jesus ways."

However, the most important part of being in The City (or any city for that matter) are the faces. Black, White, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, Laocian, Eastern European and African. Young, old, and middle age. Optimistic, worn-down, beaten, hopeful, and unsure.

These faces are the faces God’s heart beats for. These faces are the faces that reveal Jesus in our midst. THese faces are the faces that remind us of the sanctity of life.


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Here’s a great article in the Detroit Free Press per people trying to live as “lights” in the city of Detroit.