Healing the City

Send us Fan Mail Karen Lefevre on Music!! Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in our cities. The podcast takes a whole-person approach. We talk about soul care and spiri...

Send us Fan Mail Bob Ewing – “moneymoneymoney” – A lot of life comes with a price tag.  Hence the reason most of us are freaked out about money.  We’ll talk about how that plays out in relationships as well as some personal finance basics. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healing the City , Pastor Susan Cepin interviews Ashley Cole. Ashley and her husband, Dave, came to the Village in an unusual way, and their life has been anything but ordinary. Ashley shares what it is like to be a mother of four little girls, to be married to a pilot, and to build a family life that is full, adventurous, and rooted in Jesus. She also reflects...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Healing the City podcast, Pastor Eric and Pastor Mark offer a relational but informative conversation about how the Village works. If you have ever wondered how things function at the Village—volunteering, leadership, Pilgrim Groups, music, and the systems behind our life together—this episode is close to a one-stop shop for that information. Support the sho...

Send us Fan Mail In this Healing the City podcast, Pastor Eric and Pastor Mark have a Bible Project–style conversation about the events leading up to Elijah being taken into heaven. They talk through the story of Ahab, Elijah, Elisha, and the chariots of fire, paying close attention to Elisha’s response as his mentor is taken from him. The conversation covers some fascinating parts of Israel’s sto...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Eric and Corey Gilchrist have a friendly, silly conversation about life, the Village, writing a book, living in Seattle, and playing board games.  Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challen...

Send us Fan Mail  Eric reflects on the importance of dating your spouse, and on why making room for that kind of intentional time together remains a vital part of a faithful and life-giving marriage. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode i...

Send us Fan Mail  In this Healing the City Podcast , Pastor Eric returns to the mic with Pastor Mark to discuss vacation, Good Friday, Easter, the book Eric is writing, and several other fun and engaging topics.  Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, e...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of Healing the City , Pastor Eric and Pastor Mark encourage the community to prepare their hearts for Good Friday and to gather at the Village building on Friday. They talk about why the service matters, how it has shaped them personally over the years, and why slowing down to remember the cross is essential for the life of the church. They close by inviting every...

Send us Fan Mail Sue and Eric discuss the need to intentionally examine how you are experiencing the world around you. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in our cities....

Send us Fan Mail Welcome, friends, to this episode of the Healing the City Podcast, where I had the privilege of engaging in a truly transformational conversation with the remarkable Adrienne Crawford. In this episode, we explore the profound challenges and joys of raising a child with Down syndrome, and how Adrienne and her family have been called to navigate a world that can often be unwelcoming...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode, Pastor Eric and Pastor Susan talk through the Trinitarian prayer model Eric has developed over the years. Susan asks thoughtful, practical questions that help clarify what the practice looks like in real life, especially when someone is journaling and trying to put words to their conversation with the Father, Son, and Spirit.  Support the show “Healing the City”...

Send us Fan Mail Adrienne talks to Caleb Sommitz (formerly known as Kevin) about his recent baptism, and his name change.   Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuring the voices and perspectives of people from the Village Church, each episode is focused on the real challenges and real opportunities for change in our ci...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of Healing the City , Pastor Eric and Pastor Mark reflect on Galatians 2:20. They talk through what it means to share in Christ’s crucifixion; to say, with Paul, “I no longer live,” and yet to truly live because Christ lives in us. Along the way, they wrestle with the real-life implications of being loved by the One who gave himself for us, and what that kind of u...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Human City Podcast, Pastor Eric and Pastor Mark explore 2 Corinthians 5:17, considering what it means for the old to be gone and the new to be here. They also discuss Scripture memorization and its role in anchoring our lives in the truth. Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build healthier communities. Featuri...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of Healing the City , Pastor Eric and Pastor Mark talk about why they chose to kick off the year with Titus. They explore key themes around older and younger people in the church, how discipleship takes shape, and how the gospel forms a community. They also share what listeners can look forward to in the coming year.  Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekl...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2: In this episode of the Healing the City Podcast, Pastor Eric spends focused time with Tom Caylor reflecting on his life story. Together they explore the power of calling and forgiveness, and how those two realities have shaped Tom’s journey and deepened his understanding of who Jesus is.  Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to b...

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode of the Healing the City Podcast, Pastor Eric spends focused time with Tom Caylor reflecting on his life story. Together they explore the power of calling and forgiveness, and how those two realities have shaped Tom’s journey and deepened his understanding of who Jesus is.  Support the show “Healing the City” is a weekly podcast about what it looks like to build he...

Send us Fan Mail In this Healing the City podcast, Pastor Eric continues his  interview with Tom Caylor about growing up as a missionary kid, his years in boarding school, and the moments that shaped him along the way. Tom shares how he met Kelley, his wife, and how music, especially playing piano, has been part of his story. The conversation is honest and grounded, moving from memory to meaning w...

Send us Fan Mail In this Healing the City podcast, Pastor Eric interviews Tom Caylor about growing up as a missionary kid, his years in boarding school, and the moments that shaped him along the way. Tom shares how he met Kelley, his wife, and how music, especially playing piano, has been part of his story. The conversation is honest and grounded, moving from memory to meaning without getting stuc...

Send us Fan Mail This episode introduces the NT Wright Storybook Bible as the foundation for The Village’s kids curriculum and offers guidance for teachers working with ages three to eight. We talk about why we chose a simpler, text-faithful approach, how to lead Bible time without forcing a single moral, and what it looks like to invite curiosity, questions, and wonder in young hearts. The conver...

Send us Fan Mail Kelly Yepez is a lifelong Tucsonan who quite literally grew up at The Village Church, with some of her earliest memories rooted in the old spaces where kids would run and play after service. Now 25, Kelly brings a thoughtful way of seeing the world, shaped by self-awareness, family insight, and a love for simple, practical creativity. She carries that same posture into ministry, e...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Healing the City podcast, the pastors sit down once again to talk about tithing and generosity. The conversation shifts from simply asking what we are called to give, to also asking what we are called to keep. Along the way, they explore what it looks like to carry the burdens of our brothers and sisters in Christ, and how intentional support of a local chur...

Send us Fan Mail In this Healing the City podcast, Pastor Eric, Pastor Daniel, and Pastor Mark sit down to talk about tithing and giving. They practice the discipline of having an honest conversation about generosity, what it looks like for a community to be generous, and how their own experiences with giving have shaped them over the years. They reflect on how they understand generosity now, how...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Healing the City Podcast , Pastor Eric and Corey Gilchrist take on Netflix’s number one movie of all time, K-Pop Demon Hunters . The two explore why this animated adventure has captured so much attention and what it reveals about our culture’s struggle with shame, perfection, and identity. They talk about how the film’s mix of humor, action, and heartfelt st...