Christian Civics Podcast

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: https://www.christiancivics.org/blog/2017/11/14/does-your-faith-make-you-distinct-podcast-interview-follow-up https://www.christiancivics.org/blog/2017/11/14/aspiring-to-humility HEAR MORE FROM STEVE We'll