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“We do not only hold ideas about Christianity in our minds. Faith lives in our souls and our bodies. To cultivate the wisdom & discernment of use & enjoyment, we must recognize the formative influence that lies within the places & communities we inhabit.” P19

“Our neighborhoods thrive when faith communities arrive at a shared table to freely offer the stories, beliefs, and wisdom literature that inform how they show up in the world. This doesn’t mean we compromise our beliefs or water them down. Instead, we recognize that the goal of the table is not conversion or debate; it is shared flourishing and the good of the whole. 1/

“…God is calling us to meet our neighbors in the thin spaces of goodness and love amid a world that is not as it should be. Where admirers of Christ observe from afar, followers of Christ will take up this call to love, seek goodness, and join in communities of belonging.” P6