El Regreso

Regresaré algún día

al lugar que vió nacer

mi cuerpo, mis pasiones, mis anhelos mi ahínco,

mi compromiso, mi esperanza.

Regresaré algún día

a un lugar que me enseñó

lo que es ser íntegralmente

lo que es pertenecer sin condición

Regresaré algún día

a un lugar que se sabe país

a pesar de la dura carga del imperio

a pesar de la pesadilla colonial

Regresaré algún día

a un país que es nuevo

cuya dignidad está predicada

y su valía empeñada

en la grande y complicada historia

de la tradición e identidad puertorriqueña

Unexpected Acts: Called to Shop at the Local Bodega

Unexpected Acts: Called to Shop at the Local Bodega

Rules and regulations. Social expectations and theological interpretations. For many these are all but set in stone. Allowing ourselves to engage with another that is different to us can (and should) change to shifting idiosyncrasies and keeping biases in check. And if more deeply, engaging the other can change one life and witness all together.

I preached this sermon to the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church in Albany, NY.

Truth will Out

Truth will Out

To stand trial is to be in a dialogue. The party in authority is seeking to convince others that the party accused is guilty. The purpose of a dialogue is to convince, to sway. Jesus is not about dialogue. He is about conversation - being with others in life together. And Jesus take every opportunity to be in conversation with others, even while standing trial.

This sermon was preached in two versions, first at the installation of Elder Warren McNeill as stated clerk of New York City Presbytery, and this version to the congregation of First Presbyterian Church in Albany, NY.

The War Economy is Immoral

The War Economy is Immoral

In this sermon I engage the text of II Samuel 11, and the otherwise unrelated stories of war, lust, murder if not seen through the historical and contemporary lenses of the war economy. This was also a nudge of support to the Poor Peoples’ Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival and its New York State organizing.

This sermon was originally preached at the Presbyterian New England Congregational Church in Saratoga Springs, NY.