Our Urban Voices https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home – Our Urban Voices Podcast #143. 2025 Countdown #1 – Stop Trying to Revitalize Your Church– Do This Instead #145. Strong in Public, Struggling in Private: The Mental Health Crisis in Ministry #149. When Your Life Feels Small: Rediscovering Quiet Faithfulness #147. Is the Church Worth Staying For? Church Hurt, Belonging, and Why Gathering Still Matters #1. From India, A Missionary is Called to ‘Little India’ in NYC #2. Urban Missions as International Missions to Unreached People #142. 2025 Countdown #2 – Revealing the Lord’s Love to Muslims #144. Invited to the Table: How Our Stories Shape Our Souls #148. What Makes Someone Feel at Home? The Spiritual Practice of Hospitality #146. Before You Give Up on the Church… Listen to This #141. 2025 Countdown #3 – Connecting Your Life to Theirs #3. What Happens When Churches Focus on Community or Sundays? #4. Global Missions from a Large Multi-Ethnic Urban Congregation in Brooklyn #5. A Harlem Church Addresses Needs in Its Changing Neighborhood #6. Now is the Season for Resilient Disciples in American Cities #7. Off & On Campus: Global Missions in Local Communities #8. What about Biblical Justice in New York City? #9. Consumer Christianity Interrupted #10. So You Want to Be a Pastor in New York City? #11. Not the Same Heaven – Exploring Sin, Forgiveness, Atonement & Paradise in the Quran #12. Fire on Three Sides — a Palestinian Pastor Reflects on the Lord’s Faithfulness in the midst of Persecution #13 Are God and Allah the Same? A Christian Midwesterner’s Reflections on Her Journey in East Africa, in Muslim Majority Countries #14. Are Apostles and Pastors the Same? What Are Their Roles in Church Planting and Global Missions? #15. Answering God’s Call to Afghanistan – One Woman Shares Jesus’ Story in a Dangerous Place – Part 1 #16. Answering God’s Call to Afghanistan – One Woman Shares Jesus’ Story in a Dangerous Place – Part 2 #17. Lies We Believe—Healing Trauma in the Lives of Christian and Muslim Women through Arts Ministry and Truth #18. Is the House Still on Fire? Jumpstarting the Conversation about Race in the Local American Congregation #20. Pastoral Leadership — Is It Character, Calling, Qualifications, or Aspiration? #21. Pastoring a Multi-Ethnic Church: Overcoming Language Barriers and Fighting Persecution Back Home in Myanmar #22. Mitch Glaser Reflects on Prophecy, the Messiah, and Covid’s Lasting Impact on Ministry at Chosen People Ministries #24. How Can Christians Reach Out to Muslims During Ramadan? #23. At the Table with Muslims and Christians—Conversation without Compromise, the Al-Ma’idah Initiative #25. Leadership Development, Mentoring, and Service – Pioneering in Areas of Need #26. Getting Unstuck — Is Your Church Healthy, Growing, or Declining? #27. So You Want to Start a Ministry to Muslims? #28. Skiing in a Saree: How South Asian Dance Builds Community and Connects Cultures #29. The Second Coming, Israelology, Discipleship, and the Life of Jesus #30. Urban Ministry, Gentrification, Justice, and a Faithful Witness #31. The Men We Need—Adulting, Gardening, and Defending Against Intruders #32. Rethinking God’s Plan – Across the Street and Around the World #33. Journeying with Jesus: A Spiritual Pilgrimage through the Psalms of Ascent #34. The Power of Social Media: Young Believers Growing Online #35. Does Culture Limit Some People from Fully Understanding the Bible? #36. Echoing Hope: Holistic Education in Uganda and around the World #37. Why Ministry Contextualization Matters: The Robert Katende Story #38. Making Orphanages Obsolete: Recovering Family-Based Care for Vulnerable Children #39. Living Purposefully: Testing the Practices that Shape Daily Life #40. Encouraging Urban Missions: Answers Every Christian Needs to Know #41. Encouraging Urban Missions to Muslims: Common Mistakes and a Way Forward