Daily Reading

Genesis 3:14-19

Reflection

For nearly a thousand years, the church has begun the season of Lent with a paraphrase of the words of v. 19: "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return." In the primeval biblical story of the first humans, these are God's words of judgment. The disruption caused by ...

Lent invites us to join Christ on the way of the Cross.  It's an intentional season of reflection and meditation.  Even more, we're challenged to arrange our lives in such a way as to be daily frustrated.  Let me explain.

As people addicted to comfort and convenience, we're often unaware of how we live to feel good about ourselves, to gain a bit of affirmation, to exert influence, to maximize our own pleasure, to satisfy our immediate needs.  Lent invites us to intent ...

On Wednesday of next week City Church will join millions of Christians all over the world for a particular kind of worship service called "Ash Wednesday" which marks the beginning of the season of Lent. Why? What's the purpose of this season and why do we need to hear "You are but dust, and to dust you shall return?"

A Season to Embrace The Truth About Ourselves
Lent is an old English word that means springtime. It was a way of speaking about a seas ...

...How our Shame Hinders our Engagement in God's Mission

Part of my own story includes a lifelong battle with shame.  Ask my Mom and she'll tell you I came out of the womb fearful.  I was an insecure kid who played it safe for the most part.

Ask a theologian and she'll tell you that shame is a Garden-grown existential reality.  It's a part of the Family story. As the old story goes, Adam and Eve hid from God.  And as Brennan Manning writes, "We all, in ...

Sandra McCracken, along with husband Derek Webb, will be our musical guest this Sunday. A songwriter whose work is described by Paste magazine as "graceful and dramatic...exploring spiritual matters with wide-eyed inquisitiveness", she'll be sharing some of her hymns with us at our Sutter S ...