Cultivating Neighborhood Shalom

Episode 4 - Amy Sherman on shalom

Eric and Sara Joy interview Dr. Amy Sherman to gain her thoughtful insight on the nuance and meaning of the word shalom. In particular, Amy shares about her forthcoming book, Agents of Flourishing, which centers around six endowments of flourishing (or shalom) that are identified as: the Good, the True, the Beautiful, the Just, the Prosperous, and the Sustainable. She discusses the role of the church in these and provides examples and strategies that churches can adopt to be active in these endowments. She talks about the valuable model the church can be simply through advocating for and living out of a lens of human dignity. She laments how we have often failed in this realm and challenges the church to think creatively, be vulnerable, and take some wise risks for the good of their local communities.