‘Finding Holy In The Suburbs,’ with Dr. Ashley Hales

Ashley Hales joins the cast to discuss her book 'Finding Holy in the Suburbs.'

Ashley Hales

How do Christians live faithfully in the land of too much (i.e., the suburbs)? Here to help answer this question is Dr. Ashley Hales. Dr. Hales joins Matt, Derek, and Alastair to talk about consumerism, individualism, busyness, and safety, all topics that she addresses in her new book, Finding Holy In The Suburbs. Join the crew as they go over the history of the suburbs, how they have shaped us, and how Christians can respond.

Timestamps

0:00
Intro & overview of the book
2:40
What was the impetus behind writing the book?
4:10
A history of the suburbs
8:00
How to avoid complacency and radical tendencies
11:00
How/why we naturally gravitate toward being neighborly to those like us rather than those closest to us
15:02
How the symbols of the suburbs cloud our identity
19:40
How to be neighborly while being mindful of the safety of our children
25:40
How the church can enter the suburbs and create place again, where those in the Western world struggle in finding a place to belong
30:30
3 specific things we can do to make a connection to our neighborhood
33:11
Conclusion

Follow Derek, Andrew, and Alastair for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to Caleb Wait for keeping us organized. Special thanks to Tim Motte for sound editing. And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.

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