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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vibrant local politics not only transforms our neighborhoods and cities, it can enable wider political change. Dr.LeroneMartin discusses how the Civil Rights Movement, the most impressive movement o

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 Christian political life. By making politics a spiritu