Haley Hampton: Pursuing Community Care and Finding Healing & Acceptance in Authentic Community

Summary

Haley Hampton, a student at Bright Divinity School, shares her journey of pursuing community care and pastoral care. She discusses her background in food service and how it taught her about vulnerability and caring for others. Haley emphasizes the importance of being present with people and creating spaces where they feel seen and cared for. She also highlights the need to deconstruct and redefine church systems to prioritize redemptive community and soul care. Haley encourages individuals to invite others into their lives and be willing to be vulnerable, as this is where transformative relationships and community are formed. In this conversation, Haley Hampton and Jon Pyle discuss the importance of integrating faith into all aspects of life and the harm that can come from separating one's faith from their everyday existence. Haley shares her personal experience of feeling like she didn't fit in the church system and how she found healing and acceptance in a community that allowed her to be her authentic self. They also explore the concept of redemption and the tension between the already and not yet of the Kingdom of God. Haley emphasizes the importance of community care and the power of walking with others through their struggles.

Keywords

community care, pastoral care, food service, vulnerability, church systems, redemptive community, soul care, faith, integration, church, community, healing, acceptance, redemption, Kingdom of God, community care

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:09 Discovering the Call to Community Care

08:21 The Impact of Church Experiences on Identity

13:49 The Role of Food Service in Building Community

24:17 Caring for the Soul and Redefining Identity

27:47 Changing Spaces and Cultivating Redemptive Community

32:06 Introduction

32:14 Losing One's Soul: Separating the Spirit of God

36:46 Finding Healing and Acceptance in a Caring Community

38:30 Embracing Doubt and Wrestling with Faith

46:34 The Ongoing Process of Redemption and Resurrection

49:11 Finding Joy in the Midst of Difficult Seasons

57:24 Conclusion

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