Recent Blog Posts from Pursuit NYC
Jun 4, 2019
John Wesley was a revivalist who famously founded the Methodist movement in the 18th century. He would travel on horseback and preach to whoever would listen. The last letter ever written by this spiritual giant was to a young man named William Wilberforce, who, too, would become a spiritual giant himself. Wilberforce was a reformer at that time fighting to abolish the slave trade in Great Britain. February 24, 1791 DEAR SIR, — Unless the divine power has raised you up to be as Athanasius contra mundum, [‘Athanasius against the world.’] I see not how you can go through your glorious enterprise in opposing that execrable villainy, which is the scandal of religion, of England, and of human nature. Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well-doing! Go on, in the name of God and in the power of His might, till even American slavery (the vilest that ever saw the sun) shall vanish away before it. Reading this morning a tract wrote by a poor African, I was particularly struck by that circumstance, that a man who has a black skin, being wronged or outraged by a white man, can have no redress; it being a law in all our Colonies that the oath of a black against a white goes for nothing. What villainy is this! That He who has guided you from youth up... read more
May 28, 2019
by Sam Won I love the NBA Playoffs! It’s been a dramatic few weeks filled with buzzer beaters, overtimes, game 7’s, exhilarating wins, and heartbreaking losses. Teams are competing at the highest level for a chance to become champions. Superstars separate themselves from the rest of the pack in the postseason. This is the time when players make a name for themselves and seal their legacy on the court. Unless of course you are Kevin Durant. I’ll explain. First of all, let me begin by saying that Kevin Durant, a prolific scorer on the Golden State Warriors, will go down in history as one of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball. Not only that, when the NBA Playoffs began this year, the general consensus was that he was the best player in the world today! His team was a sure lock-in to win it all thanks to his excellent performance. Unfortunately, a couple weeks in, he injured his calf, which has sidelined him with no clear date for his return. When that happened, it became doom and gloom for his team, and struggle seemed inevitable. Instead of struggling though, his team went on to win five games in a row and hit their stride. All of a sudden, the same analysts on TV and fans on social media who were proclaiming Kevin Durant as the best player in the world, were now wondering if his team was better without him. Wait, what?! You don’t have to be a basketball fan to know that you can’t be considered the best in the world and an asset to... read more
May 7, 2019
by Sam Won Not too long ago I was returning to my car in downtown Nyack, a small village that’s a suburb of NYC, west of the Hudson River. I was minding my own business walking past different bars and restaurants, when a man smoking a cigarette outside complimented me on my shirt. It caught me off guard because I forgot what I had even put on that morning! So when he said that, I looked down and saw that I was wearing a Pursuit shirt. As soon as I said thanks, he started peppering me with questions on where I bought it, if it was available online, and the meaning of the shirt. All in all, he just wanted to have a shirt of his own with that design. With that, I said thanks, ran back to my car, grabbed a remaining shirt, and walked into the bar he was standing in front of to find him. When he saw me walking in with the shirt in hand, he had a big look of surprise then a huge smile. I told him he could have it for free because I just wanted to bless him. He was ecstatic! After exchanging some info, we embraced and went our separate ways. Creativity helps us reach the world around us with language that words can’t express. Click To Tweet Most likely this man’s beliefs and lifestyle are different than mine. We probably would have never interacted if it wasn’t for the shirt I was wearing. But that’s why we create! That’s why we do what we do. We pursue excellence and... read more
