Hope for New York

Hope for a New Mother

06/17/08

At a time of need, a Hope for New York volunteer was able to give hope and assurance to a new mother through the programs at Midtown Pregnancy Support Center. More...

HFNY Spring Benefit

06/13/08

Juliet Yera

It is a typical site across Manhattan for groups of young professionals to gather after hours at a local spot and talk about life and work in New York. It is not typical however, that this group would meet for the purpose of raising awareness and funds for the poor and marginalized. But that is exactly what happened at the 2nd Annual Hope for New York Spring Benefit. More...

Isaiah 58

03/26/08

Jane Park

My first experience with the death of someone I loved was the passing of my grandmother who was 96 at the time. The next was with Margaret. But this experience was different. Despite her physical illness, Margaret was a dear friend of mine who I felt still had so many more years to live ... More...

Emma Arbizu - Angel Tree

12/10/07

From Monday through Friday 9 to 5, my goal is to get from point A to point B in the most efficient way possible. I am on the first train, first car and stand closest to the door facing my stop. I take the fastest elevator up, avoid the talkers, slow walkers and women carrying big bags. My photo ID at hand to flash it without missing a beat, I am in the office on the dot. I figured I would shed some light in efficient management by volunteering for the Angel Tree Christmas party. More...

All the Money in the World

12/10/07

Times are tough, and this city-so recently flush with prosperity-now hobbles along, crippled by rising unemployment rates, sliding stock prices, and a population with ever-diminishing expectations about what lies ahead. For so many of us, even members of God's eternal city, this sea change in circumstances has made us anxiously aware of the piles of shifting sand in which we have been placing our hopes. We are convicted, not comforted, by the Apostle's words in Matthew 6:21, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." There is an antidote to the pervasive feeling of powerlessness brought on by the collapse of our misplaced hopes. More...

Fear or Hope

12/10/07

I recently moved from Manhattan's Upper East Side to the heart of Brooklyn, into a neighborhood consisting largely of Middle-Easterners and Eastern Europeans, and have consequently been forced to look at this city through a new set of lenses. I have observed with interest these subcultures as they establish their roots here and have wondered what neighborhoods such as mine imply about the future of New York. More...

Alleviating Suffering in Tough Times

12/10/07

Twice last week on my way to work as I stepped on the always-packed A Train, I experienced that excited feeling one gets upon spotting open seats during rush hour and knowing that you are likely to be one of the lucky few. I naturally, along with the people in front of me, made a bee line in that direction, but as I approached the seats I noticed the others pausing - as if pondering whether to sit - and then quickly moving away to another part of the car. I was momentarily perplexed, but then I arrived at the seat and noticed, sprawled in the adjacent ones, a passed out homeless man. As I moved away to escape the stench, my spirits fell low and I was consumed by the conviction that, as a Christian, I was supposed to react differently, to do something to help. What though? I felt powerless. More...