K.J. Ramsey says that “Courage is the choice to move our fear into communion.” But how do we lean into community when anxiety and fear keep us from engaging with our neighbors about the very issues that impact our families’ lives? Elections and political strife have split churches, divided families, and isolated neighbors, but this is not the way it has to be. Silence and avoidance cannot be the answer. We must ask ourselves whether we have the courage to enter hard conversations, even when it goes against the grain of our political tribes. Join the Center for Public Justice’s Families Valued team for our fall community call with Shannan Martin, Author of Start with Hello: (And Other Simple Ways to Live as Neighbors), to discuss how we can engage with our neighbors so that we might move fear into communion. 

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Shannan Martin, author of Start with Hello, The Ministry of Ordinary Places, and Falling Free, is a speaker and writer who found her voice in the country and her story in the city. Shannan works as a cook at The Window, a local non-profit dedicated to feeding its community. She and her family live as grateful neighbors in Goshen, Indiana.