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What happens when we follow God’s heart right into the midst of the urban poor?

While Jesus was on earth, he went to those who lived on the margins of life. Those folks whom society, including Christian society, wrote off and didn’t care about. He made time for them and had compassion on them. This included the physically ill. The sin-sick. And those with disabilities—the neurodiverse and people with special needs.

Are we doing the same today?

What is Christian doctrine? 

Growing up as a youth group kid, I always craved the “Worship Tinglies.”

I had some pretty high expectations for Urbana 12.

I’m still in awe.

The Christmas story is startling. 

Going home for the holidays can be more complicated than you’d expect. 

Did you know that Jesus entered the world in the flesh, into a particular context and a particular people? 

I remember sitting on a couch a couple years ago across from my spiritual director explaining why I felt like a failure.