Church and State

Grace Can Lead Us Home (pt. 1)

Check out Kevin Nye's book Grace Can Lead Us Home [https://kevinmnye.com/]. This documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f78ZVLVdO0A] was referenced in one portion of the podcast. I highly recommend watching the whole thing. Website: i1seventeen.com Instagram: instagram.com/i1seventeen Facebook: facebook.com/i1seventeen

Church and State

God and Caesar by Peter Davids [https://sojo.net/magazine/april-1981/god-and-caesar]   Website: i1seventeen.com Instagram: instagram.com/i1seventeen Facebook: facebook.com/i1seventeen

Hope

This week, we take a look at the role of hope in Christianity. Below are a few links to the polls cited in the episode: * Marist College conducted a poll in December of 2021 that showed only 49% [https://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Marist-Poll_USA-NOS-and-Tables_Holiday_202112101020.pdf] of Americans were more optimistic than pessimistic about the world going into 2022; that was the lowest number they had seen in this poll since Marist started conducting it in 2009. * An Ipsos poll from the beginning of this year found that 7 in ten Americans [https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/seven-ten-americans-say-country-crisis-risk-failing] saw the country in crisis, at risk of failing. * A Gallup poll taken in February measured the happiness of Americans [https://news.gallup.com/file/poll/389318/220202IssueSatisfaction.pdf]. Just 38% said they were satisfied across 29 different measurements. Hope Will Not Disappoint Us by Bernice Powell Jackson [https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/godspolitics/2007/03/bernice-powell-jackson-hope-does-not.html] Website: i1seventeen.com Instagram: instagram.com/i1seventeen Facebook: facebook.com/i1seventeen

Building a Palace on Injustice

On this week's episode, we focus on the way in which our children are suffering in America.  Mark Sandlin's "A Prayer for the Nation on the Event of Another Shooting" [https://revmarksandlin.com/2014/06/10/a-prayer-for-the-nation-on-the-event-of-another-shooting/] Columbia University Study on Childhood Poverty [https://www.povertycenter.columbia.edu/news-internal/monthly-poverty-january-2022] USDA Food Insecurity Data [https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-u-s/key-statistics-graphics/] Website: i1seventeen.com Instagram: instagram.com/i1seventeen Facebook: facebook.com/i1seventeen

Standing for Love, Against Hate

Book Reference: Lee, Erika. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States. Basic Books, 2021. Website: i1seventeen.com Instagram: instagram.com/i1seventeen Facebook: facebook.com/i1seventeen