Teens, the people helping them, and engaging gracefully with our neighbors

There's been chaos and vandalism all weekend in downtown Chicago, and gun deaths among kids have risen 50 percent in the last two years. Matthew McNiel, is a Senior Program Officer with Outreach, one of the organizations serving youth in the region. Outreach provides youth development, family stabilization, transitional housing, employment training, community services, and is also one of the larger Medicaid-accepting counseling centers in the area.

Later, Dr. Micah Watson, Executive Director of the Henry Institute and co-creator of the Civic Hospitality Project at Calvin University, talks with Brian and Aubrey on how Christians are charged with engaging gracefully with their neighbors. The Civic Hospitality Project aims to prepare students to be global citizens, cultivating a desire to extend Christian civic hospitality wherever God leads them.

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