What We Have in Common

02/05/2023 13 min Temporada 1 Episodio 121

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Episode Synopsis

This week we explore one thing I believe we all have in common in these divided times: a feeling of precarity. This common feeling ironically promotes division, but Jesus does have a word for us that we can explore together.
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Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Video: Father Greg Boyle on how We Belong to Each Other
2. Scripture: Sermon on the Mount, Matthew chapters 5-7, NIV translation
3. Org: Starts With Us - working to end extreme political and cultural division in America
4. Song: Hold Us Together, by Matt Maher
5. Journal prompts:
After reading the Sermon on the Mount, is there a teaching from Jesus I find there that surprises me?
Is there a group of people that I routinely dismiss or demonize? How can I try to see them as God sees them?
6. Book: Start With Hello - and other simple ways to live with each other as neighbors, by Shannan Martin