I watched a video today by Tim Keller called “Grace and the City”. It is a really interesting discussion of what a City is and what that means for us as Christians. He covers alot of ground in 40 minutes, from how Christians engage the culture to the basic characteristics of a City to a Biblical [...]
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Grace and the City
Posted in culture, missional church, why i love memphis, world view on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why I Love Memphis- Ching’s Wings
Posted in food, Uncategorized, why i love memphis on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are some places to eat in Memphis that have, deservedly so, developed cult-like status locally. Think Jerry’s, Brother Juniper’s, Bryant’s- comfort food. While you’ve probably heard of these places, and have a few of your own to add, I have one that you might not have heard of. Ching’s Wings. Ching’s is in a strip mall on [...]
Why I Love Memphis: Audubon Park
Posted in why i love memphis on June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Audubon Park is more or less an extended backyard for us. Lots to say about this, including the awesome Cancer Survivor’s Park with loads of flowers for much of the year. For now I’ll note the wildlife: in the time we’ve lived here, apart from the usual wildlife, we’ve seen raccoons, owls, hawks (twice we’ve seen a [...]
Why I Love Memphis-New Ballet Ensemble
Posted in culture, why i love memphis, world view on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
New Ballet Ensemble is a dance studio in Midtown run by Katie Smythe, fellow 2PC member Clay Smythe’s sister. This morning they were featured on the NBC Today show segment called Lend A Hand Today. The link below will take you to New Ballet’s website, which has the video on the front page. The Studio is doing [...]
Advance Memphis
Posted in culture, Missions, why i love memphis, world view on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Advance Memphis is a ministry in the Cleaborn/Foote neighborhood run by our good friend Steve Nash. They have just been awarded the South regional “Hope Award for Effective Compassion” by World magazine and are featured here in World’s most recent issue. If you want to be both encouraged and challenged about what’s happening in Memphis, check the links [...]
memphis in the ny times
Posted in why i love memphis on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
yesterday the ny times ran an article the economic impact of the “great recession” on african americans in our beloved city of memphis. they write, Not so long ago, Memphis, a city where a majority of the residents are black, was a symbol of a South where racial history no longer tightly constrained the choices [...]
memphis finest?
Posted in why i love memphis on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
memphis is a city that has a lot to boast of, be excited about, and strive for. for these reasons i think we should look for any way we can to celebrate our home town and encourage folks to engage the city in beneficial ways. i am not sure tnt’s new “drama” is going to [...]
Why I Love Memphis- The Farmer’s Market
Posted in culture, environment, food, Uncategorized, why i love memphis on May 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One of our favorite places to go in Memphis is the Memphis Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings downtown. By saying this is one of the reasons I love Memphis, I’m not saying other cities don’t have great farmer’s markets. I’m just saying I love ours. It is a wonderfully colorful and eclectic mix of food, [...]
Second Pres in By Faith
Posted in missional church, Uncategorized, why i love memphis on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent article on the church and mercy ministry byFaith magazine used Second Presbyterian as an illustration. There are a lot of great quotes like this one: “To spread the kingdom is more than simply winning people to Christ. It is also working for the healing of persons, families, relationships, and nations; it is [...]
Why We Love Memphis (music edition)
Posted in music, why i love memphis on April 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
https://www.noisetrade.com/joshuasmith . Turns out the best musician in our state is not in Nashville. He’s a little too intelligent sometimes for my taste (Isolde? Really?!), but what do you do. Check out the first and ninth tracks. (A higher quality version of the ninth track is the soundtrack here: http://vimeo.com/9313482.) My favorite non-Tennessee song, which Josh will [...]
