Mutuality With The Margins: Kimberly Deckel & Abraham Cho

When it comes to the integration of faith and work, it is never generic but always specific to the context we are in. The conversations around faith and work in a white collar setting are going to be drastically different than the conversations and questions of those working at the margins. In this episode, Abraham Cho and Kimberly Deckel explore how tangible expressions of how faith and work have been integrated in their cities and churches.

But what’s clear from the perspective of these two practitioners (Abraham and Kimberly) is that a missing link in the faith and work conversation is the necessity of having mutuality with those at the margins. Without genuine friendship with the overlooked and the poor, we will lack the necessary relational knowledge needed to steward our power effectively in industries and workplaces. Listen in as we imagine together in this podcast what flourishing for all might look like when the margins are centered.

RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE

Learn more about City to City's Global Faith and Work Initiative:

https://www.globalfaithandwork.com

Learn more about Kimberly’s Church: Church of the Cross Austin

https://www.cotcaustin.org

Learn more about the Surge Network

https://www.surgenetwork.com

TIME STAMPS

Introduction to the series and Bios 00:00

In the faith and work space, what has your work been about in recent years? 2:05

How the conversation of faith and work is different depending on your context and invites you to take the posture of a learner 5:30

How the simple and ordinary practices in our workplaces are the catalyst for a rich expression for faith and work integration 9:40

How different traditions (that we are often unaware of) can provide beautiful windows of tangible ways faith and work can come together 13:50

How the only way to faithfully steward our power is through developing a mutuality of relationship with those at the margins 23:57

How a vision of genuine friendship and Kingdom collaboration is being imagined in New York City and Austin, Texas 34:08

How do we understand God as a good worker in the way he operates in our cities and prayers we have for flourishing in the years to come 44:06