Love Your Neighbor – Part 1

One of Jesus’ most famous statements is that the second most important command is to “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31, Matthew 22:37-39). Loving your neighbor as yourself is so profound and yet so overlooked as a cliche. When we hear it, we think “Yes! I...

Being formed for simple living

This is a blog about living simply. I swear it is. But before we get there I think is really important to understand why living simply is so hard for American Christians (speaking as an American Christian who struggles to live simply). So I want to first talk about...

Following Jesus in a Warming World

As part of our focus on climate change Boston Faith & Justice Network recently convened a group to discuss Following Jesus in a Warming World. This book challenged us to consider not only the very real threat that climate change presents for our world, but also...

The CCDA Conference 2023

(A shared reflection, by Elizabeth and Ivy) The CCDA . . . This was my second year attending the Christian Community Development conference and I know going forward it will be perpetually marked off on my calendar – it is a time where I am at once refreshed and...

Generous Living Foundations – An Intro

We are so excited that our Generous Foundations: Financial Literacy 101 video series is now live on our website. This is thanks to the efforts of our BFJN staff and a generous grant from the United Methodist Foundation of New England. This project has been a dream of...