Love Your Neighbor is a podcast that explores how healthy Christian politics begins in our congregations and neighborhoods. On each episode we discuss how local engagement in public life can become a spiritual practice that deepens our connection to each other and to God. Hosted by Ross Kane, pastor and professor at Virginia Theological Seminary.
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What keeps congregations looking inward rather than also focusing on loving neighbors? There are all sorts of reasons—keeping the congregation going as an organization, keeping […]
Loving Neighbors without Fear – Bishop Susan Goff Read More »
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Neighborhoods are not only part of a wider town or city, but also part of an environmental ecosystem. How can we build neighborhoods that care
Scripture, Land, and Neighborhoods with Ellen Davis Read More »
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As we walk or drive around our neighborhoods, it can be easy to ignore their past, especially when the build environment of the past isn’t
White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods with Greg Jarrell Read More »
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Churches love to tell their stories, whether their founding, their accomplishments, or their connections with wider history. How can churches tell their full stories—not just
Telling Congregations’ and Neighborhoods’ Stories – Public History with Denise Meringolo Read More »
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Access to banking proves vital to participating in our economy, but many people have little or no access to mainstream banking. They sometimes have little
Breaking Predatory Lending Cycles – with Meghan Olsen Biebighauser of Exodus Lending Read More »
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Love God and love neighbor are the two great commandments of Christianity given by Jesus. But what happens when Christians don’t love neighbors? What happens
When Christians Don’t Love Neighbors with David French Read More »
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It’s easy to imagine loving neighbors as something focused locally, with denominations as broader bodies that span towns, cities, states, and even international borders. But
Sean Rowe says Denominations Can Help Us Love Neighbors Read More »
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In this episode we delve into how churches can engage in public-private partnerships without undermining their mission. The discussion with Peter John Hobbs, who directs
Public-Private Partnerships and the Church – Opportunity or Pitfall? with PJ Hobbs Read More »
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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
Reparations at Virginia Theological Seminary with Ebonee Davis-Hayes Read More »
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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,
Reimagining Church Meetings – with Roger Owens Read More »