<?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>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:19:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><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><item><title><![CDATA[When Jesus Doesn’t Transfer to the Next Generation]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is a known fact that having a Christian heritage does not always provide success for children believing in Jesus. Every generation must know Him for themselves, and not rely on an inherited tradition. Often, when parents come to Christ, they nurture their children in Christ, and all is believed to be well. However, when an adult child goes rogue from the faith, the parents are left with no answers as to why, when they did all that they could to foster faith in their child.   So many...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/when-jesus-doesn-t-transfer-to-the-next-generation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696794076ae8988b73fa4aa3</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:04:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_3fdb9d61f51e4737a7447642e725f1d3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_445,h_250,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crumbs]]></title><description><![CDATA[My wife has axe to grind with me most days because I am a sloppy eater. For some reason, I eat and drop a lot of crumbs, and at times I am eating watching television. It doesn’t matter what I am eating, I am dropping crumbs … the collateral damage of my appetite. So recently, I wrote a piece for Facebook using this illustration. I will comment more following this post.   My wife says that if you educate the mind, but not the heart, not much will change. (She was referring to my eating and...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/crumbs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695e6d733b4d19108c73799c</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:29:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_604bcca2d7c84fb5b0d9263cd9d61216~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_445,h_250,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decisions and Mistakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the lessons I learned quite late in life is the lesson that I am responsible for my decisions. For years, I blamed my poor performance in life on my home life, my lack of opportunity … it was always something other than my fault. The realization that it was my decisions that make all the mistakes in my life, and no one else was to blame except me.   I heard of a man who made a list of the all the mistakes he had made in his life. At first, I thought this would be a depressing exercise....]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/decisions-and-mistakes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69553151810abc752449d081</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:22:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_1f8c7909a90d4364a08aba1127dc062a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_445,h_250,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traditions Can Keep Us From Truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am fascinated by the theme of the aestheticized Church.   It is so much easier to become a Christian when you aren't one than to become one when you assume you already are. ~Søren Kierkegaard   A friend of mine described how Churches can form opinions and practice doctrinal supremacy around what He called toxic compassion , thinking primarily about the immigrants who are in an illegal status in our country. However, I think compassion (love) must be accompanied by truth regardless of the...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/traditions-can-keep-us-from-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694be55700b0d11d88889135</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:07:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_3ae33fec336c4b5daf2b392c4a7c6eec~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 Hardness of Heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are things in life that happen that can harden our hearts. This hardening is usually brought on by the catalyst of a tragedy or disappointment.   I have noticed something about divorce … in most cases, it hardens the heart. I realize that divorce is the tearing apart of two souls that were once as one. Furthermore, the aftermath has some negative consequences … namely the hardening of the heart. I have worked with people whose lives changed drastically following a divorce, including a...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/the-hardness-of-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6942b9125f31d05ab3007abd</guid><category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:08:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_4d3db9e7d99b4c48a31414a78c7c72a5~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[Evil Hunts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Apostle James tells us this about God and the Devil:   James 4:7  Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.   What isn’t said is both need to be done daily. Surrendering  to God is a daily commitment, and the resistance  must be done daily as well. The Devil doesn’t just go away for a season or two, he is hunting every day.   Recently, I was reminded that evil is never passive … it is active, it hunts. Like a hunter who prepares the deer stand, or...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/evil-hunts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69396cc70b27bc7cafc972e5</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:52:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_f84e471a118845f3aa7aa45f935d8315~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[Gifts That Guide the Church]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the news and on social media, I have seen an uptick in Christians abandoning Israel and siding with the Palestinians. Palestinians are important to God, as all people are, so I don’t want to be disparaging to any group. However, God chose a people that would remain His people forever, and that will never change.   He chose the Jews to begin a process into play that eventually brought to the world a Messiah, a Savior. That Savior was Jewish, a fulfillment of the prophecy of Abraham that the...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/gifts-that-guide-the-church</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69303b0940df6eb66c70497c</guid><category><![CDATA[Prophecy]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:29:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_9443eab3da0745aeb68a570f1e6a3ec1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_445,h_250,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Probably the most influential word that has impacted my life in recent days has been the word ‘stand.’  The word defined as I am using it means, “ to have a determined effort to resist or fight for something and remain unaltered .” As I peruse the Internet and Social Media, I see so much controversy with opinions that are extreme on both ends of the liberal and conservation spectrum.   The Prophet Daniel said that in the Last Days both travel and knowledge will increase, and of course that...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/stand</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6926fef5d7a5761e8f386783</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:22:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_d44af8cec6da45379a91ecdc34afcd03~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[You Can’t, But I Can]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a tough week last week. I usually don’t get down, and look at things negatively. I just don’t do that very often, but last week was a hard one. It seemed like I was a plugged pipe, stopped up with all the junk that gets dumped down a drain, and it stops the flow. I realized that much of what happens to us is 50% not our fault, and the other 50% is just the result of our decisions. In either case, it can be overbearing at times. As a result of my beaten-down-self, I wrote a Facebook post...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/you-can-t-but-i-can</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691dc80e26d0d5c718e579a8</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:38:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_7bf78587d19040c093efbbeae076bdfb~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[Retention is Important]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have something that has bugged me for a long time, and I want to talk about it. However, before I jump into it, here is a prelude to my theme today.   For years, my daughter has told me that I have ADHD. I will admit that I have one symptom of this diagnosis … I need to put everything on a flat surface, or I will not remember that I have it or need it. Put it away in a drawer, it’s lost forever. However, when everything is exposed in the open, (flat surface) I have perfect memory. Recently,...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/retention-is-important</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6914a053d1ce4ba0c27329e7</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:58:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_ae6ca0f9f2064917b4af0e38dc16da3c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_445,h_250,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping It Honest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Honesty is a great value. Just to speak with someone who has nothing to prove, nothing to sell, and has no interest in impressing anyone. Now, that would be a fun person to talk with, wouldn’t you agree? King Solomon was that kind of person. His insights in the Book of Ecclesiastes is an honest account of his experiences from the top of the human experience. Recently, I felt a need for my own personal mental health to read through the Book again. Here is what I wrote on Facebook about my...]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/keeping-it-honest</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690b515c4cb1a91e8e5b1352</guid><category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:34:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_5ef4325bb3d54c389293160e7302b000~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_445,h_250,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Larry Kutzler</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pouring Courage into Others]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our world is mostly about complaining. If you watch the news to any degree, you don’t feel more courageous by it, in fact, you probably feel more defeated and depressed. Even listening to the conversations you have during a day, how would you rate the percentage of complaining compared to encouragement? I think, by nature, most of us are on the negative scale … unless something changes our direction.   In a recent study I did with a few new friends, I posted this following our time together....]]></description><link>https://www.citysitesurbanmedia.com/post/pouring-courage-into-others</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6901fcaf291ed4d0246a16a9</guid><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:39:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d4b8ff_92f75539544643e382a2c61482ca29b7~mv2.jpg/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>