City to City is committing to repentance, understanding how the gospel affects racial reconciliation and justice, and continued education about America’s—and the church’s—history of discrimination, segregation, and oppression.
We have compiled a list of resources…
Read MoreI want to focus on the word “images” for a moment.
Read MoreIn 1951, in Montage of a Dream Deferred, American poet Langston Hughes published 91 poems about Harlem and its mostly Black residents. On May 30, 2020…
Read MoreHow to Reach the West Again is a thought-provoking book that I find extremely informative and helpful. Many insightful and praiseworthy points stand out, but I would like to focus on…
Read MoreI want to talk today about you. There are a lot of questions about what kind of unique witness should the church have at a time like this—how do you pastorally care for people who are experiencing anxiety on a unique level? But I don't want to talk about those. I want to talk about you.
Read MoreI lead a congregation in Rome that thrives on handshakes, cheek kisses, and physical contact. During our services, friends often embrace as they pray for one another.
Not anymore.
Read MoreI rejoice in (and am greatly helped by) the comprehensive awareness of our cultural situation that fills Tim Keller’s How to Reach the West Again. I have not…
Read MoreAs a second-generation Hispanic urbanite, I feel the force of the challenges presented in How to Reach the West Again on a daily basis: in the home, with my neighbors, and even in the church…
Read MoreThis discussion is premised on two basic ideas about African society.
The first is this: unlike Western society, which Tim Keller observes has rejected the idea of a “sacred order,” the African conception…
Read MoreTim Keller’s How to Reach the West Again lays out a compelling proposal for how we might effectively engage the emerging culture of a post-Christian West today. My hope is that…
Read MoreLebanon’s history, both recent and ancient, has been marked by conquest and war. This shouldn’t be the only thing this beautiful and biblical country is known for, but to deny the history would be untrue…
Read MoreIt was not my intention as a pastor to spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection of faith and work. However, what I fell into has now become a firm conviction about discipleship…
Read MoreYou never know when God is going to use something as small as an email to change your life forever.
I grew up in Eastern Germany. I was seventeen when the Berlin Wall came down…
Read MoreLiving in the city means living with the city—and the city is an inconsiderate neighbour. Challenges like this can make following Jesus in the city a continual challenge…
Read MoreLoaded with eagerness and perhaps an American impetuousness, I began meeting with church leaders, wanting to hear the grand visions they had…but when I asked each of them about…
Read MoreIn quite possibly the most painfully excruciating eight minutes of film ever recorded, Prince Charles was interviewed in 1981 alongside his newly announced fiancée, Diana Spencer…
Read MoreMy wife and I had our first child the same year we planted our church. Over time, we watched as both matured together…
Read More“Is who I am merely what I do?” We sat in a coffee shop taking stock of the past decade. I met Kurt as a promising PhD student at Cal-Berkeley, and now…
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