Christ City Church Memphis

Have you ever been given a hug that you didn’t realize you needed until you received it? Have you ever found yourself avoiding physical touch even when you felt lonely? If you relate to either of these, this message is for you. Join us as we explore the importance of kind and caring physical contact as an important and potentially healing part of our spirituality in the next installment of Physica...

Who of us wants to willingly experience pain? There is a temptation, and sometimes even a necessity for survival, to deny the painful physical and emotional events we have experienced. We tell ourselves, “Once this is over, I’ll start living my best life.”Is there a different way?

Have you ever felt brand new? Like you could start over? -leaving the past behind and starting fresh? How did that work out for you? Did you make any of the same old mistakes? Does the concept of understanding yourself as a new creation seem somehow daunting? Is this merely an example of a “spiritual” idea that has no impact in your physical world? Join us as we consider these questions in Ph...

In the introduction to our series Physical Contact, we explore a big idea presented in 2 Corinthians-measuring the trials of today as small and almost weightless against an everlasting glory so heavy it can’t be measured. How should we interpret this asymmetrical life of faith?

In a culture where a disagreement or a mistake can get you “canceled,” how can the message of forgiveness and new purpose in the scriptures give us hope? How do we make room for growth and change in our own life and the lives of others while still standing up for what we believe to be right and just?

In the last installment of the series Presence, we encounter the Divine moving through a congregation of believers by wind, fire, and a multilingual testimony. The prophet Joel is invoked to signal what the Spirit of God is up to, (speaking to and through an intergenerational, multiethnic, economically diverse group of men and women through dreams, prophecies, and visions). Join us as we learn to...

The phrase “Personal Lord and Savior” causes a number of reactions in those of us who grew up hearing it. In America, we tend to be hyper-focused on the individual, so it only makes sense that the phrase was popularized here. What does it mean to deal earnestly and honestly with these words and the impact it’s had on our society and the Church for good and for ill? What impact does it have on our...

We have many names for God- Lord, Creator, Judge, Almighty, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Christ, Jesus, Father, and Holy Spirit, to name a few. In the gospel of John, Jesus emphasizes another title to describe himself to his disciples-friend. This almost casual way of thinking about the Christ has some important, and maybe even life-changing, implications for us if we can believe it. Listen in...

Most living things are either in a process of growing or atrophying. For us to grow in our connection to love, we look for ways to be present with the source of love.

The presence of God is near. When we chose to be present with those in need, we can become aware of the presence of Christ with us.

How does broiled fish become a key to presence in communion? And how does this experience between Christ and the disciples nourish presence for us as vaccines provide more possibilities of gathering? Join us as we explore presence in living Divine communion together.

In this message, we’ll look at the post-resurrection encounter between Jesus and Thomas. As we do that, we’ll explore both the benefits and limitations of skepticism.

What do we do with the moments that are too big to hold? The experiences that we can’t find categories for? As life weighs us down with disappointments, it becomes increasingly difficult to carry the largeness these unbelievable moments offer us in our wounded and smallish hearts. Resurrection Sunday is a reminder that the living God is still ready to roll away the stones of grief and heartache to...

What are you willing to do to achieve success? What if the game of getting ahead is rigged? Would you want to find out before it’s too late? In our final installment of Jesus Walks, we see Jesus…riding into Jerusalem to seemingly win the game, all the while knowing it’s a house of cards. What’s better than success? The crucified King Jesus points us to a hopeful and scary answer.

Following Jesus by embracing our mortality. Week 5 of 6 in Jesus Walks.

Jesus came to save and not to condemn. Believing in him is the only thing one must do to be delivered from death and one’s own sin… and a copper snake on a pole has something to do with it all. Let’s talk about life and death, poison and healing, light, dark, and shame in this week’s installment of Jesus Walks.

In an uncertain world, how can one be sure of their standing with God? The ancient Jewish sacrificial system helped millions of people deal with this question. Through a clearly prescribed ritual, someone could know she was okay with God, and God was okay with her. Jesus disrupted this system as he flipped tables, drove out sacrificial animals, and foreshadowed the destruction of the temple where...

The second installment of our Lenten series, "Jesus Walks." “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they...

The kingdom of God is near”, “repent,” “believe in the “good news.” What do all these familiar yet ancient terms mean? What is it that Jesus is calling us to? Join the discussion in part one of Jesus Walks a Lenten series.

What if I told you you had an inexhaustible access to creativity? What if the key to tapping into it was less work and more rest- Resting, waiting, believing. What if this slower pace of active and intentional rest, was the path to deeper contentment, better ideas, more hope, and an inexhaustible creativity? With God, it can be. Part 5 of 6 in the Recreate series.

We were created for community, but in our world today, community is not what it once was. Isolation due to quarantine, coupled with the political divisiveness all around us, has made true community really challenging. In this passage, we are given a fresh vision of the life together that God has in mind for us.

Jonah’s story is a good place to start looking at all the ways we struggle with connecting to others. Jonah’s resentment and unclear boundaries leave him filled with rage and isolated even from God’s Divine Mercy. We unpack what resentment does and how boundaries help us understand limits that support reconnecting with God, self, and other. To commit to pledge for 2021, go to christcity.org/pledge...

What is freedom? Who has it? What does it look like? Explore with us a vision of an integrated view of Christian freedom and how it can make us more creative, less divisive, and more self-aware. To pledge for 2021, go to christcity.org/pledge . If you've never given to Christ City, consider making a one-time donation. If you would like to give to our ministry, please go to christcity.org/give

Have you ever imagined God speaking to you? What’s The first thing you imagine hearing? For many of us, it's words of judgment or disapproval. Not so from the Scriptures who introduce God as a passionate creator speaking life, goodness, and abundance. Join us as we explore God as creator and re-create what it means to know God as a being infinitely creative and interested in our creativity. T...

Have you ever found yourself frustrated, scared, or confused by the actions of people in your own faith tradition? Maybe just plain unsatisfied by them? Would you be willing to receive a gift from those outside of that tradition? If you were Mary and Joseph caring for the Christ child, the answer would be yes. Listen in as we reimagine the Christmas story of the three magi with these ideas in mind...