Seeds of Shalom

by Stephen Burris, editor of the Urban Leadership section of the WCIU Journal.

Perhaps a modest proposal is needed as we look at the urban areas of our world. A starting place is to sow seeds of shalom. This most basic of human interactions, at the core of Jewish society in the Hebrew Bible and Jesus’ teaching on the kingdom of God in the Christian Bible, is so vital in our world today. Shalom brings wholeness, justice, restoration, reconciliation, and peace into relationships and structures corrupted by sin, and affects the lives of people.

EditorNovember 10, 2021urban, cities, land, shalomComment

Kingdom Flourishing and Land Rights

by Viv Grigg

Those societies that have clear land rights and simple processes of adjudication most rapidly utilize the wealth base of society and flourish. Ownership is the foundation of some just aspects of Capitalism. Flourishing through capital formation as a normative life process for a disciple is not easily done unless one can buy their own home and land.

EditorNovember 3, 2021urban, city, cities, poor, poverty, urban poor, land rightsComment

Urban Leadership

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