Dear Christ Church, So much work has been happening at the Medina property! During the last update in September, I shared with you highlights of the groundbreaking ceremony we hosted and what a meaningful time of prayer, commissioning and hopeful … Read More
Race and the Gospel
Dear Christ Church, From Dallas last year to Charlottesville last month to St. Louis last weekend, and from immigration bans to DACA to border walls, race-related items often lead the news. How does the church listen, reflect, and engage the … Read More
Todos Juntos
When we think about God’s heart for, and activity in, our city, healing brokenness and turning suffering into flourishing, it’s impossible to ignore the relationship between education and poverty. According to this 2014 report, 53% of children whose mothers had … Read More
Property Update: July 2017
Dear Christ Church, Over the last couple months several exciting things have developed in Deep Roots New Seasons (DRNS). Some great construction progress has been made, God has once again shown his abundance in unexpected ways, and he has given … Read More
Huston-Tillotson University
As we ask the question, “What is God doing in East Austin?” and look around to see who is already laboring for the flourishing of our neighborhood, it is impossible to ignore the work of the city’s oldest university, which … Read More