Episode 001: Community in Crisis!

James Decker is a rural mayor. Dan Stewart is a rural pastor. Both care deeply about their local community and want to make Stamford TX better! This is not a podcast on politics or theology, but a conversation on how to be a good neighbor...

On this episode, the discussion portion is on community in crisis! How are we to respond as good citizens and neighbors in tough times. Then, our hosts interview Preston Cox, the chamber of commerce manager in Stamford to talk about the importance of community engagement for the life of the town, and its individual citizens.

0:00 - Introduction
5:45 - What we're currently reading
         James Decker:
               - "Citizenship Papers" - Wendell Berry. Book Link
               - "True North" - Jim Harrison. Book Link
         Dan Stewart:
               - "The Three Body Problem" - Cixin Liu. Book Link
               - "A Church Called TOV" - Scot McKnight. Book Link
7:30 - Community in Crisis Discussion
22:45 - Book recommendations of crisis
          James Decker:
               - "Endurance" - Alfred Lansing. Book Link
               - "Into the Kingdom of Ice" - Hampton Sides. Book Link
               - "Unruly Saint" - D. L. Mayfield. Book Link
               - The Work of Local Culture - Wendell Berry (Essay, not a book)
          Dan Stewart:
               - "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction" - Eugene Peterson.  Book Link
               - "The Wounded Healer" - Henri Nouwen. Book Link
               - "Evil and the Justice of God" - N. T. Wright. Book Link
41:25 - Interview with Preston Cox