<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[CitySites UrbanMedia]]></title><description><![CDATA[CitySites UrbanMedia]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:40:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Small Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is something about small things that God likes. There are hundreds of references to small things in the Bible. Why small things? It is because small things lead to great outcomes. The mustard seed, the fish and the loaves, and whoever is entrusted with small things, will be trusted with bigger things. In a recent movie (Pressure), is portrayed the small matter of weather that would determine the outcome of the invasion of Europe on D-Day in 1945. An unknown meteorologist predicted...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/small-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a2024ed345fdf6c4250f3e9</guid><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:59:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_db3ea2cfb0a742858afd97b1f78a91a7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership in Question]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the disappointing trends in modern living today, is the rise in the failure of leadership. Almost every day, we learn of another leader who was not held accountable for their actions. Just recently, the Police Chief of Minneapolis, was fired due to some indiscretions. Repeatedly, we hear of our elected officials who take liberties they should not, and some are even responsible for the huge fraud scandals we see around the country.   Recently, I heard a pastor say that any leader who...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/leadership-in-question</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a1709f3a7aaf20e8c5282cb</guid><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 15:19:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_ffe4514e4293454ca5697becebbed32a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 666 World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revelation 13:18 Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.   Recently, I felt like I was living in the 666 World the Bible speaks in this Verse. I live in Las Vegas, and the temperature reached 104 and the possible cause of an Internet outage. My phone is tied into the Internet, so when Internet went down, I was literally cut off from everything. Like many of us, I pay my bills using...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/the-666-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0dc0adce2b5b4a4d6d0abe</guid><category><![CDATA[Prophecy]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:11:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_6c2d7db2bfb247269fe713b8a8956fea~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Women are Leaving the Church]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is the headline that caught my attention:   Young Women Are Leaving Church in Unprecedented Numbers. Over the last two decades, which witnessed an explosion of religious disaffiliation, it was men more than women who were abandoning their faith commitments.   As a retired pastor, I confess it was the women in my congregations that were the strength and motivation of what went on in Church life. Women were the ones who read the books, took the notes of sermons preached, worked tirelessly...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/why-women-are-leaving-the-church</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0475aa48aeb3fcb2428ecf</guid><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:02:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_0429457dcf4d402481ff45e7ab991904~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Going on Inside of You?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a podcast client who focuses on parenting. Their first question to be asked when a child is misbehaving is, “What is happening inside of me?” That question is asked because usually a child’s misbehavior can evoke an angry response … which is not helpful for the child or you. I think that is a great question for any of us to ask as we encounter stressful or angry situations.   One of my short comings is an immediate reaction. I have been working on that for most of my life, and most of...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/what-is-going-on-inside-of-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fb2dec6d919e5ce872a913</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:04:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_11e5510e39a34ab9b36ff7f47e23cccc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_640,h_427,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inconsistency]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of Chapter Two of John’s Gospel, Jesus was being praised for the miracles and signs He was performing during the festival of Passover. The Apostle John says that He did not entrust Himself to them because He knew what was in man. What do you think He meant by, “He knew what was in man?” Did He know the motivation of those praising Him because of the signs and wonders He was performing? Could He see beyond this moment in Jerusalem to when they would greet Him with palm branches,...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/inconsistency</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f21108bc2ce3253fd2229d</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:10:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_34d15ccccdd042a09acd04b2c3f6e4a2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice Your Faith]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was the Statesman Edmund Burke who said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." It is a great quote, reminding us that involvement is essential in pushing back the darkness. Jesus said:   John 3:19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.   Evil is never passive, it is always on the move, and it changes tactics like a roaming lion,...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/practice-your-faith</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e8db24942be5aa10c076b5</guid><category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:30:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_71c61193f22449ff9aac42c2fd1817cd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons Learned]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been following Jesus since 1970, which places me in my 56th year since becoming a disciple. Many of those years, I spent educating myself in becoming a better pastor and leader in the Church. Most of it was profitable for me, but the major lessons that drive my spiritual life today, did not come from a seminary or a conference, but came from the experiences of pursuing God. Recently, I shared a Facebook post on the ten lessons I have learned in following Jesus. Here is that post.   I...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/lessons-learned</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69df9665c0d279b375a618a3</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:47:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_a1ad774ca481415b9a8be15fb92cf819~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Faith Be Found on Earth?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a statement made by Jesus:   Luke 18:8  Will the Son of man find faith on earth when He comes.   So, I asked myself, “Will faith be harder to find at the time of His return? There was a reason Jesus posed this question, and I believe it was because this woman as so persistent, she represented a faith that would not give up. It was immediately after the parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge … an appropriate challenge to all of us. Will we persist in faith?   When we read...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/will-faith-be-found-on-earth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d65ac6c55f668b53040f11</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:41:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_d4c5b45e68d34035bd38d565e5df441f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look for the Patterns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Patterns are important. There are profilers for the FBI who study the patterns of criminal behavior to help them investigate crimes. We learn the patterns of famous people who reveal their systems for productivity. There are many patterns that reveal behavior, so when I started to study the patterns of Jesus, I was amazed at what I found. The first pattern I discovered was when Jesus taught the people, He immediately demonstrated the reality of a supernatural God. He did miracles, He healed...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/look-for-the-patterns</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cd130f535e7bcd2694de0b</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:45:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_af45161a4e324e4c83483f96ecb56750~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure and Looking Forward]]></title><description><![CDATA[The hard part about failure is when you feel like a failure, it usually affects the way you live your life. According to a Government Survey, approximately 31% of Americans report a fear of failure … ranking it as a top intangible fear. I suppose it’s because our society holds success at such a high level of accomplishment, that 1/3 of us feel like we will never achieve it. Let me tell you about how God uses failure to help people see a different conclusion to their lives. I wrote a Facebook...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/failure-and-looking-forward</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c3e2fc7a6c583c59a69d54</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:30:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_17406de14f394846b5b5b32e97abf6ac~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regrets]]></title><description><![CDATA[I find myself thinking more about my past life these days, than I do living my life for the future. I suppose with age, that is a normal transition. When I think about the past, I often feel sadness because my life has had so many disappointments … mostly caused by me. I have tried to become a person without excuses, not making myself a target for self-pity. But I have concluded that my life had little to no self-control. When we go back in time, what comes up are the regrets that surface...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/regrets</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bab48a6f55c54be95f284f</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:21:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_205b4f790b3e45738fc35c28504db5a9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculation in the Church]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most Biblical Prophecy has a warning. When you read through the Old Testament, you see the warnings of the Prophets to both the Kings and the people of Israel. When you read the Prophecies of Jesus and the Apostle Paul, they were given as warnings.   Warnings were a part of the nature of the Scripture, as 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “ All Scripture is God-breathed (inspired) and profitable for teaching, rebuking (reproof), correcting, and training in righteousness .” The reproof and correcting of...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/speculation-in-the-church</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b18dcd0c81f904cb942598</guid><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:46:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_0c16393e9445452d9ca155062fcfd61d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too Much About Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[The simple definition of who we are is related to change because change is needed to become like Christ. The greatest change that anyone can make is a change that brings faith into focus, and the faith I speak about is in the specific person of Jesus Christ. Faith is a funny thing in our world … it does not have real facts to prove how it works, but it does have results. The world we live in is full of risks, we never know when disease will bring us to our final hours, or when an accident...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/too-much-about-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a844bbffff75773eb9a5d7</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:44:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_bc1350da1eb149f6a89b623ac2e1e977~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legalism vs Holiness ]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of those missing themes I speak about that is noticeably missing in the Church is holiness. When I first came to Christ back in the 70s, the theme of holiness was one of the main ideas being preached by the pulpit. Back in those days, many people were coming to Christ from a life of drugs, free sex, and of petty crime. Learning to live a different life was always peppered in the Church with an understanding of what holiness meant. It was embraced by these new converts to Christianity...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/legalism-vs-holiness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699f170ef79dd8a5b007cc3f</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:38:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_13744ece75184e8b80db1f3cfd174722~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Missing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As many of you know who read my blogs and Facebook posts, you know that I like simple and honest. Looking at life today with all the options, plans, and schemes, it just makes my head hurt. About 20 years or so ago, I started to process some things that I found frustrating and pointless, and that is when I started to ask, “What is missing?” At that time, I was in full time ministry, working at a Church, and feeling like the ministry was so routine, so mundane, that I thought perhaps my time...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/what-is-missing-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6995cc8d4c11d313e894a9cf</guid><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:29:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_99033a47bba449408dde3d9620b4abae~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cause of Barabbas and Jesus]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have always been fascinated with the person of Barabbas, and why the crowd choose a murderer over Jesus. I found out there was more to this man than I previous thought. I wrote a Facebook post that explains the why:   The name Barabbas was known among the people during the trial of Jesus, mainly because he was a Zealot who rebelled against Roman occupation. Being in opposition to Roman rule could have made him the better choice among the people for Pilot to release, rather than Jesus of...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/the-cause-of-barabbas-and-jesus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698c82f0e952b7bb6a1d7bdc</guid><category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:25:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_5ea7c648107f4e9ca1d6a20fa68085fa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having Eyes But Cannot See]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have found myself losing some ability to see. I got new glasses, new lens in both my glasses, and as well, cataract surgery. So, all should be well, right? Not so much. It’s not that I can’t see clearly, I just don’t see things, even if they end up being right in front of me. Blindness isn’t just in how you see naturally, it is even worst not to be able to see spiritually. For example, recently, I wrote a Facebook post on being blind, here is what I said:   Jesus asked blind Bartimaeus,...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/having-eyes-but-cannot-see</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698359334ef7940ceeef01e3</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:37:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_7b1cd689ea31467bb3aaa04cced07910~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speculation and Assumptions]]></title><description><![CDATA[One thing I have noticed over my years in ministry, is that a lot of theology has speculation and assumption to it. People will add to what is written with a spin that might not be exactly what is intended by the Lord. Take the Rapture of the Church for example. The Scriptures teach He is coming back but doesn’t give us a date, and Jesus said no one knows that date, not even Him. Then, the speculation takes over, and we have all kinds of assumptions taking place making predictions and...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/speculation-and-assumptions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697a10994c1c36a19b74dd73</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:36:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_1118f085a4ce47259d876ee3ef2109f0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing Jesus in the Church]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently, I was talking with a friend about his status of being divorced. He is a committed Christian, but after many years of going to counseling trying to save his marriage, it ended in divorce. Many of his closest friends were Christians, and many of them did life with him and his wife over the years, and suddenly they were no longer speaking to him … all because he now had this status of divorce. Many people experience this kind of hurt among Church friends, and it has become known as...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/seeing-jesus-in-the-church</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6970d55481cbae04bd62613b</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:33:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_e82e93f1e1284d17a4ae57fab4901476~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>