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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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 […]
Old Testament Traditions of Loving Neighbors with Judy Fentress-Williams Read More »
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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
Your Neighborhood and the Global Economy with Neil Balkcom of Swings Coffee Read More »
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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
Church Buildings and Neighbor Love with Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows Read More »
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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
Seek the Welfare of the City: Augustine on City Politics with Charles Mathewes Read More »
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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
Political or Partisan?: Tactics of Fighting Hunger with David Beckmann Read More »
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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
Ep. 3 Neighborhood Affordable Housing Read More »
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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
Ep. 2 Local Organizing, National Impact with Lerone Martin Read More »
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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
Ep. 1 Loving Neighbors as Politics Read More »