2.9 [CONVERSATION] Know Our Neighbors (wk 2) - The Telos Group

Jason Miller and Todd Deatherage - Loving our neighbors is at the heart of what Jesus calls us to, but it’s hard to love our neighbors if we don’t know our neighbors. So for three weeks, we’re hearing from partners who can help us understand what others are facing, whether here in the neighborhood, or in the global community. These conversations will give us the chance to grow in empathy and become more educated about what some of the most vulnerable people in our world are experiencing, and what we can do to help.

This week, we talked with Todd Deatherage, executive director and co-founder of the Telos Group. Telos's mission is to form communities of American peacemakers across lines of difference, and equip them to help reconcile seemingly intractable conflicts at home and abroad. We've worked with Telos since the earliest days of South Bend City Church as they've helped us to understand the role of American Christianity in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as they've helped us become more educated in America's own history and current realities of racial injustice, and as we've developed a local pilgrimage to deepen our awareness and relationships in South Bend. 

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