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Ruin to Resurrection

He is Risen - but some of our urban areas still lie in ruin. This time of year always reminds me of the ...

Prayer Walking on Mission Trips

Have you ever been on a prayer walk? How about one in an at-risk neighborhood? It's a whole different ...

Murders to Minors

This past week I've been shocked and overwhelmed by the news of kids getting killed at school, at home, and ...

Free Travel Bag for Group Leader

Thanks to one of our supporters who is the warehouse manager for a national luggage company, we just got a ...

Dec 21, 2012 Doomsday or Newday?

If you're one of my Facebook friends or want to be, check out my New Years Eve cartoon. It's the one showing ...

Christmas giving with dignity

My wife and I founded Shepherd Community back in 1985 and learned some valuable lessons in how to serve the ...

Reaching Unchurched Teenagers

DEAL WITH ME: REACHING UNCHURCHED TEENAGERS by LEE WILSON on 10/31/2011 · 3 COMMENTS At 14, growing up ...

Flying Free: On the corner of 8th & Butler

We've always prided ourselves that we are a "lean, mean, missions machine" but this past month ...

CityConnexx built on the CCDA model

Often folks ask me how we come up with our model for doing urban and Native American mission trips. Well, ...

Jesus Weeps for the City

"As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, 'If you, even you, had only ...

NYC still needs teams

"It's 10:28 EST when the North Tower fell. I'm watching the moving 9/11 memorial as each name is read. ...

Rock The Range Festival Aug 27-28

Hey HeavenFest & CityConnexx Friends We hope you will join us this weekend at Denver's Dick Sporting ...

The Cross and the Poor

I rarely post articles into my own blog since a blog is supposed to represent your own material but this one ...

Buffets or Building something

As much as I love buffets, (I'll tell you that story when I was 12 and a poor pastor's kid later) the older I ...

Navajo Nation trip

I just returned from what seemed like a trip to a third world country, right here in America. My son and I ...

Missions at home and beyond

Last week my heart was torn. Do I stay "at home" to help 98 teens from Texas experience a great ...

From nyc to NYC to nyc again.

nyc, NYC, nyc. New York City, Nazarene Youth Congress. I love nyc. You see, the two go hand in hand for me ...

From the Hood to Harvard

If I could put a title to this post it would read, "From the Hood to Harvard" That's right, there ...

Youth Mission in America

I'll be speaking at Compassion's Chapel today about our mission to send youth and college groups on mission ...

Pain Relief: Planning a Mission Trip

"Go ye into. . ." Pretty simple instructions and pretty clear. Jesus has given his disciples a ...

Mission Trips & Miracles

I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year Holiday. Over the break, our family went on a medical mission ...

Do you got your JOY on? Christmas Blessings from CityConnexx

First of all I want to thank all of you who took advantage of our Early Bird Registration to save and send ...

Is Your Website Working for You?

What Everyone Should Know About Website Statistics It's important to track a few key statistics on ...

This Old Church

I love that old PBS series, "This Old House". I can watch for hours as they find amazing ways to ...

Reunions & Communion

On Christmas Eve I was taking my boys with me to serve communion to our urban shut-ins. When we came home ...

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