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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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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Ep. 3 Neighborhood Affordable Housing
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On this episode we hear the story of a church that saw people struggling to pay rents and mortgages and decided to do something about
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Ep. 2 Local Organizing, National Impact
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Vibrant local politics not only transforms our neighborhoods and cities, it can enable wider political change. Dr. Lerone Martin discusses how the Civil Rights Movement, the most
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Ep. 1 Loving Neighbors as Politics
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In this first episode, pastor and professor Ross Kane gives an overview of the podcast. He talks about why loving neighbors is central to healthy
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