Key Question: How can we play a vital role in cultivating a place of belonging for those who are without a home?
Hey, neighbors! We are honored to have you on this journey with us as we grow and practice biblical justice and compassion together.
This week on Just Neighbors, I have the opportunity to welcome Dr. Gabrielle Clowdus, the founder of Settled, which is an organization helping churches develop permanent supportive tiny home villages (called Sacred Settlements) designed to address long-term homelessness.
Gabrielle has taken the call to love your neighbor literally and devoted her life to walking alongside people in poverty, and I find the work she is doing both beautiful and inspiring.
In this episode, Gabrielle helps us understand the deep impact of homelessness on someone’s life, what people who are without a home most long for and need, a beautiful vision for how the church can literally open their doors to help our neighbor, and so much more.
I hope this episode inspires you as much as it inspired me!
NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR IMPLICATIONS:
Those who are without a home have often experienced a lifetime of displacement, being told where they are not welcome. They are not to sleep on the park bench, not in our city, not in this neighborhood. What they need the most is permanence and deep roots. They need people who will say, “You are welcome. You belong here.”
Meet Our Guest
Dr. Gabrielle Clowdus is a thought leader in affordable housing and homelessness. She is the founder of Settled, a movement of believers radically committed to life with the poor. Gabrielle lives at the Settled homestead in Minnesota along with her husband and their four daughters. She has devoted her life to walking alongside people in poverty, holding a profound conviction that we belong to one another.
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