The Lean-in Podcast
This is a podcast about loving your neighbour, where leaning-in close through love serves the needs of neighbours and transforms communities. Join me, Russ Mitchell of In2neighbourhoods.com as I bring bi-weekly interviews with followers of Jesus about Holy Spirit strategies that are creatively bridging the gap between church and community. It's an opportunity to learn about faith based innovative practises and relevant community development tools you can use to impact and expand your sphere of influence. Be inspired and equipped through stories, tips and other resources as you learn how to get involved in your local community, and make a measurable impact for the Kingdom of God. Develop an understanding why and how the church should engage the local community through asset-based community development; grow in your ability to problem solve in innovative ways when addressing social challenges where you live, and how to do it in partnership with others; and unlock the mystery of missional communities and what it means to make disciples. Come explore how God is at work through communities of practise that are bringing to life relationships and social capital, and also learning and practising new ways of being church and good neighbour. If you are passionate about loving God, your neighbour and community, then you've come to the right address. Subscribe, and start your journey of leaning-in with love! Podcast music: Starry Night by Couple N https://soundcloud.com/couple-n-musicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2DMPdF9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/rYjQAzZfpMw
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
Post-Pandemic Resilience: How to help your neighbour to endure well, Part 2
#012 -- In this episode - Post-Pandemic Resilience, Part 2- we'll be diving deeper in the theme of stability, beginning with the story of someone who had quite his share of troubles, b…
Post-Pandemic Resilience: how to help your neighbour to endure well, Part 1
#011 -- In this mini series, we first explore the changes in society due to the pandemic and its potential long-term impact. We look at what it means to be resilient in this kind of en…
The faith-based 'honeycomb' that is building stronger, more resilient families
#010 -- Inside the world of a bee's nest are a mass of hexagonal wax cells that together make up a honeycomb. The honeycomb acts both as a home for bees to raise their young, but also a…
Indwell: A story of hope and belonging through affordable supportive housing, with Jeff Neven
#009 – In a recent Waterloo Regional Record article titled, "Affordable Housing Gives Vulnerable People an Opportunity to Thrive", author Leah Conner shares about her lived experience a…
Organized Kaos: apprenticing youth in life and the trades, with Shawn Stuart
#008 – 'HELP US BUILD ONTARIO’ - that's a banner headline from a recent full-page advertisement in the Toronto Star newspaper by the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario. It points …
The UK church in action: tackling the social consequences of the pandemic for vulnerable people, with Pastor Tom Jackson, MBE
#007 – As the pandemic has swept across the world, governments, NGOs, faith communities, local citizens and many others have been engaged in supporting vulnerable populations effected b…
Christian asset-based community development with trainer and coach Jay Van Groningen
#006 – "Get out of the need-meeting business and get into the gift -finding business!" -- it's just one of the challenges that Lean-in's guest Jay Van Groningen brings to followers of…
Engaging your neighbour: proximity, hospitality, and love, with author/speaker Amy Lively
#005 - Have you ever had the experience of feeling strong emotion because of the prospect of change? Perhaps deep down you love the way things are (see no need for change); you might ha…
Innovative pathways out of poverty: one Detroit church's journey, with Pastor Barry Randolph
#004 - Few churches have the taken up the challenge of tackling systemic poverty at a community level like the Church of the Messiah on Detroit's East Side. Fearlessly and humbly, this…
The Practising Church: an inward and outward journey of loving one's neighbour and neighbourhood, with Pastor Jessica Ketola
#003 - Have you every found yourself disillusioned with the church, and wanting to throw in the towel? Well, my guest today has been there and knows that struggle. Jessica Ketola, is…
Introducing the "Lean-in" Podcast: Bridging the gap between church and community.
#001 - Whether you’re a follower of Jesus, a local church, or a Christian organization, we can all go further in loving our neighbour. This Lean-in Podcast introduces you to the practi…
Loving Your Neighbour the Jesus Way with Pastor Steve Long
#002 - In this episode I catch up with Steve Long (Senior Leader of Catch the Fire Church in Toronto), who provides a Biblical foundation for loving our neighbour, with practical exampl…