Ep. 12 Reparations
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Loving neighbors involves facing sins that shaped our neighborhoods. Many church communities are asking how they can be agents of repair amid the racial fragmentation […]
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Ep. 11 Renewing Church Meetings
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When we think of church meetings, we often associate them with decision making and getting work done. But meetings are also places to build community,
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Ep. 10 Prayer and Politics
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We often associate prayer with peacefulness and calm, and politics with conflict and strife. Yet our prayer and our engagement in public life can together
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Ep. 9 National Elections and Local Politics
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On the cusp of a major national election in the United States, we reflect on the interplay between national-level elections and local political engagement for
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Ep. 8 Old Testament Traditions of Loving Neighbors
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Christians often associate the commandment “love your neighbor” with Jesus’s New Testament teachings, but Jesus was drawing from a long tradition of Jewish teaching about
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Ep. 7 Your Neighborhood and the Global Economy
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What difference can everyday economic decisions in our neighborhood make in a vast, global economy? Neil Balkcom of Swing’s Coffee Roasters shows how an act
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Ep. 6 Church Buildings and Neighbor Love
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How can churches use their buildings to foster love and connection with neighbors? Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis shares the diocese’s
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Pro-LGBT and anti-colonial?
Anglicans and Methodists often face a tension between LGBTQ inclusion and anti-colonialism. But we don’t have to choose. Check out Ross’ Christian Century cover story
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Ep. 5 Seek the Welfare of the City: Augustine on City Politics
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What can we learn from Saint Augustine about 21st-century local politics? Dr. Charles Mathewes brings wisdom, humor, historical insights, and apt pop culture references to
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Ep. 4 Political or Partisan?: Tactics of Fighting Hunger
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Feeding ministries are some of the most common ways that congregations get involved in their neighborhoods. David Beckmann and Ross Kane discuss how those ministries
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