In this episode…
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Steve Park
Steven Park is the Founder and Executive Director of Little Lights Urban Ministries, a Christ-centered ministry to public housing youth and families in Washington, DC.
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Rick Barry
Rick Barry is Executive Director of Center for Christian Civics, where he helps ministry leaders and faith communities develop missional approaches to their local public squares. He has worked on campaigns for local, state and federal office, is a former writer and editor for Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and oversaw communications for the Grace DC church network. He and his wife live in Washington, DC.
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Rev. Charles Drew
Rev. Drew recently retired from Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in New York City, a ministry with a particular focus on Columbia University and nearby schools. He has published several books, including Body Broken: Can Republicans and Democrats Sit in the Same Pew? He and his wife live in New York City, where he continues to teach and preach.
This autumn has pummeled us with so much bad news that just thinking about what our responsibilities might be to the wider world has to feel intimidating and exhausting.
This week, we welcome Steve Park, head of Little Lights Urban Ministries, to talk about how he’s managed to stay active and motivated to do some very hard, dispiriting work for over twenty years.
Then we will call specific attention to a few ideas that came up during the interview before we get led in prayer by Rev. Charles Drew.
00:00 – Intro, a season of endless bad news
04:35 – Interview with Steve Park
27:30 – Burnout
32:13 – Spiritual disciplines
34:58 – Scripture reading and prayer
42:26 – Endnotes
BONUS CONTENT
We just ran two blog posts following up on aspects of Steve’s interview that we couldn’t get into in the podcast:
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