Note: This is the third in a series of blog posts describing lessons learned during our time with DeAmon Harges and Mike Mather of Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. To read the first post, a reflection on Acts 3:1-10 and the importance of “looking intently,” click here. To read the second post, a reflection on discovering neighborhood vitality, click here. Mike Mather loves to tell this story. You can see it on his face. During our visit to Indianapolis, as we

Note: This is the second in a series of blog posts describing lessons learned during our time with DeAmon Harges and Mike Mather of Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. To read the first post, a reflection on Acts 3:1-10 and the importance of “looking intently,” click here. In the United States, we often look at inner-city neighborhoods and assign various negative labels to them – labels like “poor,” “crime-riddled,” “distressed.” We see abandoned properties and