On July 26th, 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser gave a speech declaring that the Suez Canal was being nationalized. At the...

So you have started some element of a City Transformation Movement! Congrats! Now you need to figure out how to fund it! Barf....

I recently gave a Tedx talk on our country’s need for a new narrative (link here) and the three underlying qualities we see in successful...

February 20, 2017 was a tragic day for Whittier, California. Officer Keith Boyer’s life was taken in the line of duty. Whittier has not...

Growing up in the Bay Area, when I think about great cities, I automatically think of San Francisco. I first think of the landscape, the...

I don't think I've ever been a part of a more productive, more God honoring 50 minute meeting than the one I was humbled to witness...

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A large church in the community decides it wants to start an initiative to help the city. They...

… then start with a city wide volunteer day. Love Our Cities had grown to about two dozen cities in Northern California when we were...

It’s remarkable to think that future centuries will look back at this time in history, our time, as the great shift from the Industrial...

What is better than having an idea that you make a reality? How about when the reality works! Some months ago as my husband and I were on...