Love Your Neighbor

Before you press play

Ideal for churches, interfaith groups and classes on ethics. Read Luke 10:25–37 or Leviticus 19:18 aloud first if your group uses scripture.

Play it on a laptop or TV with the screen on, since most voices are short videos. Each neighbor is introduced by a short card. You can pause after any voice to talk.

Content notes. A Sikh American from San Antonio: Describes being called a terrorist as a child. A doctor who doesn't believe in God, praying with a grieving mom: A child's death; mild language. An Air National Guard physician assistant: Describes wartime injuries.

Who you'll hear

1. A Sikh American from San Antonio. How do we really love our neighbor? · PBS NewsHour, Brief But Spectacular · 2 min
2. A Jewish man remembering his Italian Catholic neighbors in the Bronx. These are your friends · Yiddish Book Center, Wexler Oral History Project · 2 min
3. Muslim neighbors and their guests in Nashville. Break bread together · Religions for Peace USA · 2 min
4. A doctor who doesn't believe in God, praying with a grieving mom. Could you pray with me? · The Moth · 7 min
5. A Hindu American on Diwali. Choose light over darkness · Hindu American Foundation · 3 min
6. An Air National Guard physician assistant. Please take them · Veterans Health Administration · 1 min
7. A Japanese American Buddhist remembering her father's temple. Dancing in the street on 94th · American Buddhist Study Center · 4 min
8. A Black Baptist pastor turned farmer. The magic was in the garden · PBS NewsHour, Brief But Spectacular · 3 min

The order rotates between plays, so no tradition always goes first.

Talk about it

1. Each voice comes from a different faith or none. What did they have in common?
2. Who in these stories acted like a neighbor without being asked?
3. Which neighbor's way of loving others challenged you?
4. Who is the neighbor in your life you find hardest to love? What's one step toward them?

Let anyone pass. Listening is the point.

Try it this week

Find the person in your circle who usually gets skipped, and include them in one ordinary thing.

Read more: What does "love your neighbor as yourself" mean? · neighborradio.com/ask/what-does-love-your-neighbor-as-yourself-mean/