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.
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