23: On Place with Brandon J. O'Brien

Are you a citizen of the world or a good neighbor?

We have a special series just for you! Through the month of November, we’ll be taking all about how places actually form our loves. We’ll walk you through the virtues of staying put, stories of what it looks like to embody the message of Jesus in your place, and give you some small steps for you in your own place.

Brandon J. O’Brien and I kick off this first conversation. Brandon J. O'Brien (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Director of Content Development and Distribution for Redeemer City to City, an organization that supports church planting in global cities. Brandon is author of several books, the most recent of which is Not From Around Here: What Unites Us, What Divides Us, and How We Can Move Forward (Moody, 2019). He lives with his wife, Amy, and two children in Uptown Manhattan.

LINKS

Brandon’s website: https://www.brandonjobrien.com

Buy Brandon’s book, Not From Around Here: https://amzn.to/2CndJuh

Enter the giveaway here: www.aahales.com/giveaway

Books in the giveaway:

Not From Around Here:  https://amzn.to/2CndJuh

Finding Holy in the Suburbs: https://amzn.to/2WPSavX

Seeing Jesus in East Harlem: https://amzn.to/2PWsMD9

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“I’d always attributed differences to culture or theology, but realizing how much geographical places affect us was eye-opening for me.” @BrandonJOBrien

From Walmart’s hometown to Chicago suburbs to Manhattan, @BrandonJOBrien shares about how where he’s kicks us off on #place on #findingholy

Don’t miss this conversation on place where @brandonjobrien talks about how our Christian discipleship is actually affected by where we live on #findingholypodcast.

“The way we’re talking about our faith is actually similar to how we’re talking about other cultural issues” @

We’re all shaped by forces other than the Bible and our convictions. Paying attention to our places can make us more empathetic.

We talk about how the story of the Bible is a story of place, too — and each individual Christian is bound to a place. “We have a tendency to abstract our Christian faith” @brandonjobrien

How our digital lives intersect with our emplaced lives — so much here with @brandonjobrien and @aahales on #findingholypodcast

ONE SMALL STEP

Consider putting something off and putting something on through this month’s series on place. Maybe you want to put your phone on a curfew or fast from social media so that you’re embodied and emplaced for a bit. Also consider taking a new form of transportation

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