S3E4: Place & Debt

Common Good Podcast is a conversation at the intersection of place, belonging & remembering. The framework for the podcast is the friendship of three scholars who’s life work have shaped and informed one another. Walter Brueggemann, Peter Block and John McKnight are notable thought leaders in their own rights but at this point in there careers their work has begun to shape the others. In fact, their friendship becomes a model for how the common good shows up in local, tangible, relational ways. Walter Brueggemann is a highly published Biblical scholar who’s work is at that intersection of remembering text and the subversive ways that the prophetic imagination relates to empire. Peter Block is a scholar that has worked at the intersection of community organizing, belonging, consulting and the structure of how relationships take place. They are joined by John McKnight who is both the innovator and founder of Asset Based Community Development and speaks with specificity about the ways place, relationship, and giftedness show up in our communities. In the 4th episode of season 3, Walter, Peter and John reflect on Wendell Berry, draw a sharp distinction between land and a place, and unpack the obstacle of toxic debt in the formation of neighborhood. You can learn more about the works of Walter, Peter and John, as well as the Common Good Collective at commongood.cc Common Good Podcast is a production of Bespoken Live (bespokenlive.org) and Common Change - Eliminating Personal Economic Isolation (commonchange.com). It is hosted by Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp and produced by Joey Taylor, with music by Jeff Gorman.