Designing & Neighboring

Follow Designing & Neighboring
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

These podcast episodes are readings, performances of the essays I write at designingandneighboring.com. In these essays I discuss an array of topics that revolve around how we can think about, take responsibility for, and enjoy the spaces we make for one another in our work, with our words, and thro…

Designing & Neighboring


    • Mar 7, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 13m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from Designing & Neighboring with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from Designing & Neighboring

    DNPod 015: Running to Other Voices

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 13:10


    I signed up for my first 10K run. This is kind of a big deal for me. I’ve had a tortured history with running. In this essay I run through my troubled past with this kind of exercise, how I’ve been working through it, and how motivational language often gets the process of overcoming these […]

    DNPod 014: Art & Justice Part Three – Margins

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2017 28:41


    As I continue to explore the connections between art and justice I question the usefulness of the image of “margins” in helping us seek justice. The essay considers “white savior” movies, the parable of the good Samaritan, advent stories, and car wrecks. Related D&N articles: Art & Justice Part One: Inside Art & Justice Part […]

    DNPod 013: Releasing Fear – A Compline Liturgy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 10:57


    Some verses and prayers I practice before sleeping to let go of my fears and look forward to living tomorrow in trusting courage. You can find a downloadable PDF of the liturgy on the “Downloads” page. Related D&N articles on spiritual practices: An Examen of Rejection and an Examen of Acceptance Fear-Based Learning Forsaken, Afflicted, […]

    DNPod 012: I Desired Dragons

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2017 20:06


    A discussion of some silly sketches I made of dragons for my classroom meanders through my design education, ethical theory, and classroom management. Images referenced in the essay: Find the original blog post at DesigningandNeighboring.com. Support Designing and Neighboring by: Contributing a small amount monthly through Patreon. Rating and reviewing the podcast on iTunes. Sharing the podcast […]

    DNPod 011: Art & Justice – Imagining Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 7:30


    The second part of a series on art and justice in which I briefly explore of the role of imagination in justice and in partaking of chocolate chip cookies. Related D&N articles on art and justice: Art & Justice Part One: Inside An Abundance of Time: Walter Brueggemann’s “Sabbath as Resistance” Lynching Today: Reflections on “The […]

    DNPod 010: Blog Post 50 – Faithfulness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2017 11:44


    As I write my fiftieth blog post a reflect on writing practices, faithfulness, and my trusty vintage alarm clock. Related D&N articles on faithfulness: “Born Again” Reconsidered Forsaken, Afflicted, and Waiting: An Advent Prayer from Psalm 22 Loneliness Among Crossed Arms and Casseroles Faithful Kingdom Work Justice, Peace, and Faithfulness: A Thank You Letter to […]

    DNPod 009: Physical Theology – Land, Exercise, and Community

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2017 15:39


    A church retreat in an area recently destroyed by wildfires leads to conversations about land and exercise, subjects that a disembodied Christian faith can’t see or imagine. Related D&N articles on bodies: Buildings and Bodies Six Thoughts on Life in a Body Incarnation and Design Church, Kingdom, and Bodies Related D&N articles on liturgy and […]

    DNPod 008: Renovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2017 17:45


    As I set out to renovate my house I explore the concept of newness and change with buildings and in our communities. Find the original blog post at DesigningandNeighboring.com. Support Designing and Neighboring by: Rating and reviewing the podcast on iTunes. Sharing the podcast or the blog through your social media of choice. Signing up […]

    DNPod 007: Almost Saved – A Quasimodo Sunday Reflection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2017 14:06


    Did you know that the Sunday after Easter has a name? In this episode I look at where Quasimodo Sunday got it’s name, why the cathedral bellringer has the same name, plus Car Talk to consider what the biblical concept of “saved” looks like. Find the original blog post at DesigningandNeighboring.com. Support Designing and Neighboring […]

    DNPod 006: Telling Stories With Our Bodies – A Maundy Thursday Reflection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 10:06


    When Jesus washed his disciples feet before the last supper he was participating in a kind of performance art. In this post from Maundy Thursday of 2015 I examine the way performance, meaning, death, and life intersect in this generous act of God humbling Godself. Find the original blog post at DesigningandNeighboring.com. Support Designing and […]

    DNPod 005: Art and Justice – Inside

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 19:32


    This is the first post in a series looking at the connections between art and justice. The series will be a going public with my long-term wrestling with concepts connected to my multi-decade study of the works of Nicholas Wolterstorff on both subjects. A particular challenge with Wolterstorff’s work is that he often makes a compelling […]

    DNPod 004: Three Ways of Inhabiting Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 12:19


    As you’ll hear, this was posted about a week before the fateful election of November 2016. It felt like everyone on all sides of the election was deeply frustrated and I shared in that. Though it felt felt like everything had been said a million times in a million ways about the election, I hadn’t […]

    DNPod 003: Fear-Based Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 10:49


    In June of 2016 I entered an odd athletic event. It stirred up lots of insecurities for me, but in the process I learned some new things about what my students go through and how I can be a better teacher for them. Find the original blog post at DesigningandNeighboring.com. Support Designing and Neighboring by: […]

    DNPod 002: Risking Grief

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 7:41


    The timing of this essay was significant. August 21, 2016.  It’s an emotionally raw reflection on the death of my oldest daughter 16 years ago on the date of what would’ve been her 20th birthday. Her younger sister was heading off to college and I was entering into a new year of teaching high school seniors […]

    DNPod 001: Writing Like a Bass Player

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2017 9:10


    This post from January 2016 will introduce you to who I am and what I aspire to as a writer. In it I discuss the role of the bass guitar in a song and in what ways it can be analogous to writing. I mention Lou Reed, Rob Wasserman, and Tina Weymouth, the Enneagram, and […]

    Claim Designing & Neighboring

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel