Episode 522 — Bleeding Out
Pastor Dave serves in Minneapolis which has become ground zero for the social forces convulsing America from questions of systemic racism, policing, defunding, and now urban violence. Given the massive increase in shootings and murder in Minneapolis (and across the USA) in 2020-2021 Pastor Dave wanted to know how to thoughtfully and faithfully respond. He came across Thomas Abt's book Bleeding Out which offers a sobering look at urban violence and concrete evidence of what works. Throughout this book are stories about people who are working to overcome this scourge on our most vulnerable communities, many of them motivated by their Christian faith. This conversation only scratched the surface of the insight contained in this must-read book. Buy it wherever fine books are sold.