Dr. David Docusen: Neighboring and Crossing Dividing Lines

This week on the podcast, we had the honor of interviewing Dr. David Docusen - a speaker, author, and professor who recently wrote a book called Neighborliness. In the episode, David shares about how his faith informs his radical pursuit of neighboring, gives a sneak peak of the book's content, and encourages people to neighbor by crossing dividing lines. 

In the midst of his pastoral work, David discovered the power of neighboring and became convinced that building relationships with the people who live around us is a meaningful way to live out the Bible's Greatest Commandment. Since then, he has devoted his work to practicing, writing, and speaking about the subject in all kinds of places and contexts. Within this, David gives great attention to the ways in which we must address subjects like race and politics and how we must intentionally foster relationships with people "across dividing lines". This episode speaks ever so powerfully to these subjects in great detail.

To learn more about the various ways in which David engages in this work, visit his website by clicking here. And, to learn more about his work with The Neighborliness Center, visit their website here.

As one final disclaimer, this episode is one in which spirituality - and specifically Christian spirituality and church life - is discussed quite heavily. While this is the case, we hope the content is impactful and helpful regardless of your relation to Christian spirituality. Enjoy!