Tony Carnes

Seen today: homeless church goers camping out on City Hall’s steps

Posted by Tony Carnes | Dec 8, 2011 | Churches in Schools controversy |

Religious groups gathered at City Hall today to support City Councilman Fernando Cabrera’s bill that he introduced to the City Council today supporting a NY State bill which would reverse the NYC policy banning the renting of public schools for religious worship services.A few days earlier senior city lawyer for NYC released a statement declaring “Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, is the last day that churches and other groups can use the schools for worship.”

Handel’s Messiah, Harlem, PKsNY & more in December

Posted by Tony Carnes | Dec 7, 2011 | Diary |

In December we kick off our Harlem series with an exclusive showing of Handel’s Messiah which was excellently produced with soulful emotion by the Abyssinian Baptist Church of Harlem. We are very grateful to the church and...

10 picks from A Journey

Posted by Tony Carnes | Nov 2, 2011 | Diary |

I am often asked for suggestions about what articles to read from A Journey. Here are ten picks I recently sent someone who is most concerned about getting people to care for the poor in New York City. So, these picks are not...

Back to the Garden. A national movement to “bear good fruit in every good deed.” Series: God in NYC Gardens

Posted by Tony Carnes | Oct 17, 2011 | Food, Gardens |

“Back to the garden” is a new way of doing faith that adds a missional tweak to traditional gardening. Across the nation, congregations and ministries are planting sweet corn around their sites, mobilizing gardening networks for the needy, and rediscovering the value of low-tech, high-touch community.

The Garden of Gethsemane in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn. Series: God in NYC Gardens

Posted by Tony Carnes | Oct 14, 2011 | African American, Brooklyn, Food, Gardens |

In the days when police wore T-shirts in Brooklyn that said “The Killing Fields” to signify that the borough had the highest-proof cocktail of violence and mayhem in the nation, Phillip Foster started “The Garden of Gethsemane.”

Author: Tony Carnes

Seen today: homeless church goers camping out on City Hall’s steps

Handel’s Messiah, Harlem, PKsNY & more in December

10 picks from A Journey

Back to the Garden. A national movement to “bear good fruit in every good deed.” Series: God in NYC Gardens

The Garden of Gethsemane in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn. Series: God in NYC Gardens

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