"When I hear suburban churches talk about city ministry (if they talk about it at all, since usually next year’s trip to Guatamala is more glamorous) it’s about raising money so they can spend a week handing out Popsicle sticks with verses on them in Central Park, or so that they can volunteer for one week at a soup kitchen in a 'rough part of the city' and come back, triumphant, with the stories of giving hope to the despairing homeless for a big fat seven days." (>>)