Salty & Spirited: Tim's YMCA Substack

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June 2025

This YMCA Serves No One: Thoughts On What It Means To Be A Membership Organization – by Larry M. Rosen
"The YMCA is not, and should not become another “social services agency” or another business. Involving people with a shared vision as co-owners and…
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Tim Hallman
What Is The Christian Purpose of the YMCA? "C" Our Constitution & Goals...
"The Y we regard as being in its essential genius a worldwide fellowship united by a common loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of developing…
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YMCA Founder’s Day: Celebrating George Williams and The Reason Why He Started the Y
Happy Birthday to the Y! Click to watch The Reason Why, a 3-part online mini-documentary filmed in England about the beginnings of the YMCA and the…
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Tim Hallman

May 2025

April 2025

"God never tires of forgiving us...." remembering Pope Francis
a pastoral reflection on Pope Francis, his kindred spirit with the YMCA, and his ecumenical work for all to know the merciful forgiveness of God in…
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A Christian Prayer of Love for the YMCA
Someday, the Y.M.C.A. will close its doors for the last time, and what will have mattered most to the very end was our putting into practice our Faith…
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Paradoxes of Being the Y.M.C.A. These Days...
The Y has always eventually embraced paradox: 40 million members exists within multiple conflicting cultures, drawing creative strength from complex…
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March 2025

What Kind Of YMCA Do You Dream Of?
What would it look like for a local YMCA to be like a field hospital for those wounded in spirit-mind-body throughout our community? What if the Y was a…
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Experiencing the YMCA Christian Principle of Equity & a Healthy Spirit For All
Whatever the future of Christianity in the YMCA, I’m hoping it is one where we experience a religion sustained by the Same Spirit of Christ that desires…
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where is the "C" in the sorrow everywhere?
Did you know that the YMCA was born in shadows and industrial darkness, amidst bleak human misery, fueled by the courageous Christian faith of George…
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February 2025

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