Faith At Work In Canadian Cities
How receptive are Canadians to the Christian message?
Brian Egert is the director of Mission Canada, an agency that has over 50 workers across Canada to reach beyond the church walls. This episode features a plenary session at the Our City Windsor conference in March 2024.
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Mission Canada
Isn’t it amazing how you can drive 120 kilometres per hour on a multi-lane highway until you reach the city at rush hour? Suddenly, you are parked and inching forward with feelings of dismay at being delayed.
While everyone talks about the fast pace of city life, the truth is that those who live in the city core are learning how to live slowly on foot, bicycle and mass transit. Those who settle into the rhythms of city life are finding ways to slow down and experience their environment in ways that might puzzle their country cousins. Could it be that many suburbanites are living more hectic than the ones who live and work downtown?
The jazz legend Hoagy Carmichael had a song ‘Big Town Blues’. A phrase he sang paints a vivid picture.
‘I’m in a bargain basement with a sidewalk skyline’
The song talks about coming to the city with dreams of living in a penthouse and instead living in a basement apartment.
So what is the view of the city like from there? That is what we want to explore in our new podcast ‘Sidewalk Skyline’.
Come on a cross-country journey with me and meet people on the ground in urban centres that have a particular view that comes from being there. Listen to the insights of people who have one ear to God and the other to the ground in their city.
Get an insiders look at how Christians are navigating city life.