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Bishop Alfred Johnson

Meeting the Bishop for the First Time

May 27, 2015
by Dwight Campbell
Bishop J, Personal Stories

November 23, 2006, Thanksgiving, was not particularly a good time for me because of my lifestyle. I had started coming to HNN for a meal…

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Bishop Alfred Johnson Sherri Martha and Paul

How Past Connections Gave to the Present

May 20, 2015
by Martha Chapman
Bishop J, Personal Stories

I’d like to share stories about how Bishop J was already connected to my family in two ways before we met! When I was a…

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Marcus Borg

Remembering Marcus Borg: A Real Talker in the Wilderness

February 25, 2015
by Juliana Bateman
Evangelism, Personal Stories, Progressive Christianity, Reflections

About one month ago, we lost Marcus Borg. This is a significant loss for our community at The Church of the Village, A progressive United…

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HNN Panarama

The Richness of the Poor: What I’ve Learned from People Who Have Little

February 9, 2015
by Eileen Howard
Personal Stories, Reflections, Uncategorized

This is one of several reflections about what I learned working and worshiping with people who are poor economically, during my years as Minister of…

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Believe Out Loud Flag

PRIDE and Privilege: One Perspective of an ally at the NYC PRIDE March

June 30, 2014
by Elyse Ambrose Minson
LGBT Pride Month, Personal Stories, Reflections

Yesterday, I marched in my first ever PRIDE Parade. Until recently, I didn’t know that such a parade existed, and if I did, I probably…

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A Reflection on my Native American Neighbors

A Reflection on my Native American Neighbors

May 3, 2014
by Katie Reimer
Personal Stories, Reflections

One person I have come to know since living in NYC is an Egyptian-American businessman I met who had started coming to my concerts in…

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Running on Empty

Running on Empty

April 11, 2014
by Carlos R
Lent Devotional, Personal Stories, Reflections

Running on – running on empty Running on – running blind Running on – running into the sun But I’m running behind Everyone I know,…

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My Memories of Washington Square United Methodist Church 1981-2005

My Memories of Washington Square United Methodist Church 1981-2005

April 8, 2014
by Anne Hughes-Hinnen
Personal Stories

The Washington Square Church… the name still stirs in me a feeling of liberation, hope, radicalism and passion. Though I was never a member, several…

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Ritualizing Ongoing Conversation

Ritualizing Ongoing Conversation

April 4, 2014
by Katie Reimer
Personal Stories, Reflections

I have been thinking a lot about ritual these days.  It is a word that I have not thought about as much as related words like…

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Santa Who?

Santa Who?

January 3, 2014
by Carlos R
Personal Stories, Reflections

Growing up as the child of two Puerto Rican parents who moved the States when I was a child, we never really did the “Santa…

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