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Empowered to repair : becoming people who mend broken systems and heal our communities / Brenda Salter McNeil.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2024]Description: 158 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781587434488
  • 1587434482
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Ask the right questions -- Identify with the plight of people -- Pursue proximity to the problem -- Organize a diverse coalition -- Repair the breach together -- Expect external and internal opposition -- Stay covered in prayer -- Avoid faithful exhaustion -- Leverage access to resources.
Summary: "Brenda Salter McNeil shows that the biblical story of Nehemiah offers a model for repairing and rebuilding our broken communities. This book is a guide for activating people to join in God's work of transformation in their local context"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Political and cultural wars are tearing communities apart. Issues such as immigration, racism, and guns are driving wedges between people and hampering Christians' impact in the world. In Empowered to Repair, acclaimed author, speaker, and reconciliation scholar Brenda Salter McNeil looks to the biblical story of Nehemiah for answers. There, she finds an action-based model for repairing and rebuilding our communities and transforming broken systems.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Brenda Salter McNeil shows that the biblical story of Nehemiah offers a model for repairing and rebuilding our broken communities. This book is a guide for activating people to join in God's work of transformation in their local context"-- Provided by publisher.

Ask the right questions -- Identify with the plight of people -- Pursue proximity to the problem -- Organize a diverse coalition -- Repair the breach together -- Expect external and internal opposition -- Stay covered in prayer -- Avoid faithful exhaustion -- Leverage access to resources.

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