Healing the City
So often, we find ourselves sitting next to people in church—people with fascinating stories and incredible expertise—and yet we miss the chance to truly know them. What if we slowed down and took the time to hear how each of us spends our days, how we wrestle with life, and how God is working in our stories?
Join us as we journey into the lives of everyday folks from The Village Church here in Tucson, Arizona. These are people just like you, who are willing to open up and share their lives. Through honest conversations, we’ll tackle big ideas and practical ways to engage our communities, helping one another see what it looks like to live out our faith in tangible ways.
We’ll explore topics like race, disability, advocacy, and faith, inviting guests to share their unique perspectives and skills. Together, we’ll look for ways to use what we’ve been given to connect, serve, and ultimately bring healing to our city.
Episodes
321 episodes
#4019 Pastor Eric on Dating Your Spouse and Nurturing Marriage
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.
#4018 Welcome Back - Pastor Eric
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.
#4017 Spiritual Formation: Good Friday
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...
#4016 March Replay - Spiritual Formation: An Initial Self Diagnostic
Sue and Eric discuss the need to intentionally examine how you are experiencing the world around you.
#4015 March Replay: Adrienne and Bentley - Playgrounds and Friendships
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 joy...
#4014 March Replay: Trinitarian Prayer Journaling
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 ...
#4013 March Replay: Caleb Sommitz - Name Change and Baptism
Adrienne talks to Caleb Sommitz (formerly known as Kevin) about his recent baptism, and his name change.
#4012 Galatians 2:20 - The Cruciform Life
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 Ch...
#4011 2 Corinthians 5:17 - The old has gone, the new is here!
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 l...
#4010 A Year Shaped by Titus
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 ...
#4009 Tom Caylor, Calling and Forgiveness (Part Two)
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 jou...
#4008 Tom Caylor, Calling and Forgiveness (Part One)
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 journ...
#4007 Tom Caylor, Making Sense of Life (Part Two)
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...
#4006 Tom Caylor, Making Sense of Life (Part One)
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 musi...
#4005 NT Wright God's Story Book Bible Curriculum
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 le...
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#4004 Introduction to Kelly Yepez and NT Wright's God's Big Picture Bible Storybook
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 w...
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#4003 What Should I Keep?
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. Al...
#4002 Tithing Isn’t About Math. It’s About Formation
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 ge...
#4001 K-Pop Demon-Hunters
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 a...
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#3043 The Chronicles of Rod (part 6) - Seneca House & The Shed: Where The Village Began
In this Healing the City episode, Pastors Susan and Eric sit down with Rod Hugen to remember the early days of planting The Village Church in Tucson. Episode six of The Chronicles of Rod returns to the Seneca house and the backya...
#3042 The Book, The Quiz, and The Festival
In this episode of Healing The City, Sue and Eric talk about life at The Village, share updates on the upcoming Festival, give a progress report on the book project, and discuss the latest insights from the Follower Quiz.
#3041 Belonging, Membership, Life Together
In this episode of the Healing the City podcast, Pastor Mark and Pastor Eric sit down to talk about what it actually means to belong. They explore how the Village understands membership, not as signing a line or joining a club, but as stepping ...
#3040 The Chronicles of Rod (Part Five) - Closing Churches
In this episode of the Healing the City Podcast, Pastor Eric sits down with Rod Hugen for another installment of The Chronicles of Rod. Together they reflect on the early days, when both played significant roles in closi...
#3039 How Change Happens
In this episode of the Healing the City podcast—titled How Change Happens—Pastor Eric reads an essay; a combination of three shorter ones he previously sent to his leaders.
#3038 The Chronicles of Rod (Part Four) - You Feel His Presence
In this episode of Healing the City podcast, Rod and Eric continue their conversation about 25 years of the Village Church; they reflect on what they've learned along the way. This particular episode is titled Experiencing God...