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Placed For A Purpose — 111 episodes

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New News

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How to BLESS your neighborhood with Dave Ferguson

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Wrapping Up the Parables

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Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

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Parables on Prayer

6

Parable of the Rich Fool

7

Parable of the Good Samaritan

8

Parable of the Mustard Seed and Leaven

9

Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin

10

Parable of the Prodigal Son

11

Neighboring Through The Parables: An Introduction

12

Our 100th Episode: Why We’re Pressing Pause—and What’s Coming Next

13

Unoffendable Neighbors

14

Is Christianity Good For The Neighborhood with Dr. Sharon James

15

Loving Your LGBTQ+ Neighbor

16

Loving Your Neighbor Who's Hurting

17

Loving Your Elderly Neighbor

18

Loving Your Mormon Neighbor

19

Loving Your Atheist Neighbor with Jon Noyes

20

Loving Your Immigrant, International and Refugee Neighbors with Donna Kushner

21

Loving Your Little Neighbors

22

Loving Your Neighbor With Different Parenting Styles

23

Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor

24

Loving Your Muslim Neighbor

25

Every Believer Confident with Dr. Mark Farnham

26

The Loneliness Loop

27

Why Your Neighbor’s Mood Could Be Changing Your Life (Without You Knowing)

28

Awkwardness: Your Neighboring Superpower

29

Unreasonable Hospitality

30

Emotionally Healthy Neighboring: Trauma Aware with Eliza Huie

31

Emotionally Healthy Neighboring: Adulthood

32

Emotionally Healthy Neighboring: Sorting Out the Good and Bad

33

Emotionally Healthy Neighboring: Boundaries

34

Emotionally Healthy Neighboring: Bonding

35

Here Goes Nothing: An Introvert's Reckless Attempt to Love Her Neighbor

36

Atomic Neighboring Habits

37

In Our Neighborhood As In Heaven

38

The Simple Act of Showing Up: Lessons from a Year of Catch

39

Countdown to 2025: Our Top 10 Highlights of the Year

40

Guided Neighborhood Prayer Walk: Peace on Earth

41

Good Enough Neighboring

42

Neighboring with Purpose and Presence

43

The 12 Days of Neighboring

44

From Grumbly to Grateful: A Neighbor’s Guide

45

Ruthlessly Eliminating Hurry In Our Neighborhoods

46

How To Be a Horrible Listener (and what to do instead)

47

Small Talk: A Rebrand

48

Extraordinary Hospitality for Ordinary People with Carolyn Lacey

49

Before You Share Your Faith with Matt Smethurst

50

Avoiding Next-Door Political Outrage

51

Parenting Without Panic in LGBT+ Friendly Neighborhoods

52

The Halloween House with Jimmy & Kelly Needham

53

Guided Neighborhood Prayer Walk: The Lord's Prayer

54

You Should (Could) Pray For Your Neighbors

55

The Vanishing Neighbor with Marc Dunkelman

56

Building Bonds in Downtown Chicago with Malissa Mackey

57

You Gotta Ask with Jon and Pam Strain

58

Knock-Knock: How Humor Breaks the Ice with Phil Callaway

59

Finding Common Ground with Amberly Neese

60

Loving Our Doubting and Deconstructing Neighbors with Zack Eswine

61

Avoiding Neighboring Burnout with Alan Briggs

62

Glad You're Here with Craig Cooper

63

Guided Neighborhood Prayer Walk: Beatitudes

64

Beatitude Recap

65

Neighborhoods Reimagined: Persecution

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Neighborhoods Reimagined: Peacemaking

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Neighborhoods Reimagined: Pure in Heart

68

Neighborhoods Reimagined: Mercy

69

Neighborhoods Reimagined: Righteousness

70

Neighborhoods Reimagined: Meekness

71

Neighborhoods Reimagined: Mourning

72

Neighborhoods Reimagined: Poor in Spirit

73

Neighborhoods Reimagined: How The Beatitudes and Neighboring Go Together

74

How To Neighbor As a Family

75

How To Practice Hospitality

76

How To Neighbor From Scratch

77

How To Start A Neighborhood Bible Study

78

How To Throw A Block Party

79

How To Deal With Difficult Neighbors

80

Tending Your Neighborhood: Community Gardens

81

Tending Your Neighborhood: Bees with Dr. Preston Pouteaux

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Tending Your Neighborhood: Trees with Dr. Matthew Sleeth

83

Guided Neighborhood Prayer Walk: Repentance and Faith

84

Finding Your Place in Small Towns with Ronnie Martin

85

Finding Your Place in the Suburbs with Ashley Hales

86

Finding Your Place in Apartments with Josh Jackaway

87

Just Moved: Unpacking the Boxes with Susan Miller

88

Neighboring As An Introvert with Brandon Clements

89

A Very Real Dare with Tim Soerens

90

Reimagining Gospel Conversations with Dr. Cas Monaco

91

Guided Neighborhood Prayer Walk: New Beginings

92

Peter Lovenheim’s Unconventional Neighboring Strategy: Sleepovers

93

On Disagreeing Well with Dr. Tim Muelhoff

94

The Power of Staying

95

4 Steps for Loving Our Neighbors During the Holidays

96

The Moment I Realized I Wasn't A Good Neighbor

97

Guided Neighborhood Prayer Walk: Gratitude

98

Neighboring & The Great Dechurching

99

The Godfather of Neighboring

100

Neighboring Within Our Limits

101

Building Trust With Our Neighbors

102

How To Have Great Conversations With Your Neighbors

103

Treat or Retreat

104

Five Things Non-Religious People Want From You in Spiritual Conversations

105

Neighboring is so... Ordinary

106

What the Parable of the Mustard Seed Has to Teach Us About Neighboring

107

Hospitality: Our Countercultural Calling

108

Jesus Had Neighbors...?

109

How The Story of the Good Samaritan Flips the Script

110

Neighboring in God's Story

111

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