This is part one of an eight-part series exploring the eight Jesus questions all of us must face, highlighted in Jim Wallis's new book Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus (HarperOne), available now. These next eight weeks will help us go deeper than the headlines, to find our way back to Jesus in the midst of this intensive and exhausting news cycle. 

Want to hear this in an audio format instead? We just launched an eight-episode podcast series called Reclaiming Jesus Now that features Allison Trowbridge and William Matthews speaking with Jim Wallis about these questions and their relevance today.

Who is my neighbor? It’s a question that was famously asked of Jesus, which prompted him to tell perhaps his most famous parable — the story of the Good Samaritan.

This may be the most important question for our nation’s future.

The answer to this question refutes and undermines the fear and hate that animates so much of our political life in the era of Donald Trump.

As we explored the neighbor question in our new podcast called Reclaiming Jesus Now, William Matthews, a co-host along with Allison Trowbridge, said: “One of the most disheartening things, watching this current administration and the support the president garners, is that it feels like an outright rejection of the neighbor.”

William is right.

Learn more about Jim Wallis' book here. 

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