Love Your Neighbor

Latest Episodes
Ep. 12 Reparations
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 across United States history. Re
Ep. 11 Renewing Church Meetings
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, connection, and belonging. Good church meetings
Ep. 10 Prayer and Politics
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 shape communities of wholeness that resist t
Ep. 9 National Elections and Local Politics
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 congregations. Local reporter Michael Pop
Ep. 8 Old Testament Traditions of Loving Neighbors
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 neighbor love. What did neig
Ep. 7 Your Neighborhood and the Global Economy
What difference can everyday economic decisions in our neighborhood make in a vast, global economy? Neil Balkcom of Swings Coffee Roasters shows how an act like buying a cup of coffee in our local co
Ep. 6 Church Buildings and Neighbor Love
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 dioceses experience assessin
Ep. 5 Seek the Welfare of the City: Augustine on City Politics
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 a wide-ranging discussion on
Ep. 4 Political or Partisan?: Tactics of Fighting Hunger
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 can lead to advocating an end to h
Ep. 3 Neighborhood Affordable Housing
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 it. Kat Turner, a leader of Church of the Resurrection in Alexandr