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For Tatiana (Taty) Hernandez, her life was changed forever and her call to missional leadership solidified as a result of a smile from a young man living in the streets of her Guatemala City neighborhood.
Here's my story of navigating an urban theology through the lens of disability.
In this post I explore the tough reality that folks who have slept outside most of their lives face when they get housing. I hope this invites discussion on the role of the church during these sorts of transitions.
This short reflection offers a glimpse into the essence of Contextualized Community Care. We spend time with precious people who sleep outside, use drugs, and have to engage in survival sex work.
Shawn Sikkema tells the fictionalized story of Angel, a sex worker on East Colfax Avenue.
Shawn Sikkema recounts a conversation about Jesus with some friends on East Colfax Avenue. Colfax is a long stretch of urban poverty in Colorado.
As I rode along and saw empty store fronts, ragged motels, pawn shops, ethnic stores and restaurants, I was gripped by a feeling that surprised me with its intensity. I felt like I had come home.
Dr. Kenneth Wallace recounts an afternoon of beadworking with his Indigenous family in downtown Montreal.
For the majority of their day, people experiencing homelessness are not welcomed anywhere. They are ignored, abused. Here at the Commons, we are trying to change that.
It’s the low places where the water flows and we meet God’s grace.
There are gaping wounds in our policies, structures, and hearts that contribute to precious people dying. We, as Christians, must engage in more than just public discourse, prayer, and lament.
A Christmas 2020 reflection on the power of Nunc Dimittis—rooted in the experience of pain and suffering of the people of El Salvador.
Tired from many years of hard work with little tangible fruit, Pastor Tomas began to listen to neighborhood residents.
A congregation of young people in Santo Domingo learns how to "sing the songs of the Lord" from a surprising group of "outsiders" in their city.
Job opening in urban ministry with a focus on young adult and youth discipleship at Bridge Street Ministries in Grand Rapids, MI.
How should we, as Christians and as a church, be responding to the homelessness crisis in North America?