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Why the city can kill you

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Continuing the last few posts on “God’s bias for the city”, “why cities matter” and “why Toronto matters“; much of what makes cities great is also what makes cities dark and depressing. Cities amplify the best, but also the very worst, of humanity. City centers are fueled by individual self-interest.  Everybody goes to the city [...]

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Why Toronto Matters

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Continuing my last couple posts on “God’s bias for the city” and “why cities matter” some thoughts on why the City of Toronto matters. Toronto is the most ethnically and culturally diverse urban area on planet earth. Half of its citizens are visible minorities. You can find glimpses of the entire world in one city.  [...]

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Why the city matters

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As a follow up to the previous post God’s bias for the city, here’s some thoughts on why the cities are strategic to anyone who wants to make a global impact. Cities are both magnets and magnifiers.  People from surrounding areas are drawn in and everything they do is amplified and ripples back out. Increased density [...]

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God’s bias for the City

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Photo by Diez Just as God has a clear bias towards the poor, the scriptures also reveal that God’s heart leans towards the city. From Genesis God calls for humanity to be fruitful and multiply. Not simply to reproduce (otherwise Jesus would’ve done a terrible job with this mandate), but to cultivate life in the [...]

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City of the Blind

Continuing the series of posts on U2 songs, “City of Blinding Lights” is also a favorite.  It’s musically reminiscent of “Where the streets have no name” with a brilliant intro. I think I heard Barack Obama use it as his entrance music a number of times during the campaign. As with many u2 songs there [...]

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A city that thinks like the web

View more Microsoft Word documents from Mark Surman. I participated in Government 2.0 online last year, but just got around to going through this talk by Mark Surman of Mozilla. He offers a great primer on technology and how the open source movement relates to civic engagement. My favorite insight was towards the end where [...]

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Do entrepreneurs change the world?

Grasshopper.com did a great job with their recent marketing campaign using social media. They created the above video, while a bit cliche, I thought it was nicely done. The video works because its message rings true of the human spirit. We’re all summoned to create, risk, lead, and change, at least in some area in [...]

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Pimpin’

Join the Origins project community – A network initiated by Dan Kimball, Erwin McManus, Scot McKnight, and many others.  There’s a group just for Canadians as well. Check out Refresh Worship, a hub for events going on in Toronto Need cool motion graphics design work?  Get in touch with my friend Jeff. Wedding and Engagement [...]

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