City Stories

Insights for Adapting Public Spaces in a Post-Pandemic World

September 2021

This is a great read, enjoy! From the website: Reimagining the Civic Commons

Article at:   https://medium.com/reimagining-the-civic-commons/insights-for-adapting-public-spaces-in-a-post-pandemic-world-f5765f45f655

 

 

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The Practicing Church in Shoreline, Washington, seeks to live out its faith in the neighborhood

What a beautiful article that shares how one church is living out it’s mission in it’s neighborhood!  See:

https://faithandleadership.com/practicing-church-shoreline-washington-seeks-live-out-its-faith-neighborhood?fbclid=IwAR1GDhooKxEUGLwh06ASlEQfaiky3JrECowRdJuozSYKRPnoWAzUzovhe1A

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Wisdom for City Leaders – Podcast

Podcasts for City Leadership Teams

Author Reggie McNeal has written some fabulous books that speak wisdom in to leadership development and city transformation.  He is doing a podcast on each of his 8 chapters from his latest book called “Kingdom Collaborators: Eight Signature Practices of Leaders Who Turn the World Upside Down”  Here is a link to the podcast.  Start at #10 on the list for the podcasts relating to his book.

http://goodcities.net/resources/podcasts/

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Love Riverside Starting!

We are happy to announce that we have joined the “Love Our Cities” movement and have started LOVE RIVERSIDE which will focus on an annual Serve Day in the city of Riverside, CA (this year it will be October 22, 2016) and also will focus on building ongoing collaboration with leaders and organizations in the city of Riverside.  Check it out www.loveriverside.org

 

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Another Path of Jesus

By Richard Twiss.  Walking the way of Jesus has meant embracing my Native American  Heritage. My father is Oglala Lakota/Sioux from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and my mother is Sicangu from the Rosebud Lakota/Sioux Indian Reservation, both located in South Dakota. I lived among my mother’s people as a child.

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The River is Beginning to Rise in Riverside!

The Lord knows when to send words of encouragement to all of us when we need it the most!  We recently have received many words for the city of Riverside and also for us personally at The Lords House….affirming and confirming!  Ezekiel 47 speaks of a River from God that begins to rise gradually and then eventually overtakes and brings life and healing to all that it touches.  We are beginning to see the river of God rise in this city…and it is beautiful to behold and to be in!

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What Mayors Want to See Churches Do

Rev. Dr. Wilson Goode. Mayors want the church to be the church.  Often church leaders want to be politicians – emulate what politicians do, give political advice. The second thing mayors want the church to be is a lighthouse in their neighborhoods, not a clubhouse.  They want churches to be concerned for the community, not a drive in from outside.  The church can be a lighthouse.  Many have money, but more important, the mandate and the mission is to be a lighthouse. 

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