Creation is dripping with communion and hospitality. It all starts with the triune God setting the table for human beings. We get to eat green leaves and chicken legs. Then the Lord becomes the very bread and wine that spiritually and physically sustains us. With every bite, we ingest layers and layers of membership. And when we eat with others, that membership transforms into fellowship and communion.

In this episode, Chris and Kyle discuss eating as it pertains to homemaking. What we do at the table—our discussions, deliberations, and "dinner doxologies"—are shaping the moral and spiritual framework of our children and their conduct in society for decades to come. Moreover, what we do to set the table is also teaching and training them how to get the goods and share them. Num num nom.

Welcome to another episode of Two Pour Spirits.

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Two Pour Spirits is a podcast of Project : Neighbor. Project : Neighbor is a theological think tank and spiritual training ground for the Church and the common good. We think theologically about everything from soil to sky, and disciple believers from crib to casket. We draw widely from the catholic Christian tradition, are ecumenically-oriented, and practically-minded.

Project : Neighbor is co-directed by Kyle David Bennett and Christopher Cimorelli.

https://www.projectneighbor.org/ | https://x.com/proneighbor |

You may put a lot of time and thought into how you present things inside the home–like the inspirational quotes on the walls and the fluffy toilet paper in the guest bathroom. But what about loving your neighbor around and surrounding the home? Should we put up that political sign? Should we slap devils on all our windows at Halloween? Can we really love our neighbor and cultivate the common good with our porches and patios?

In this episode, Chris and Kyle discuss the "outdoor" aspect to homemaking. They recommend simple steps for making room for other creatures and neighbors– such as uprooting invasive plants, hanging a bird feeder, and throwing up a hammock for the neighborhood kids to chill with a book. We model a sensitivity to stewarding society and we send a message to the promenaders who walk three times a day around the neighborhood coveting gardens.

Welcome to another episode of Two Pour Spirits.

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Two Pour Spirits is a podcast of Project : Neighbor. Project : Neighbor is a theological think tank and spiritual training ground for the Church and the common good. We think theologically about everything from soil to sky, and disciple believers from crib to casket. We draw widely from the catholic Christian tradition, are ecumenically-oriented, and practically-minded.

Project : Neighbor is co-directed by Kyle David Bennett and Christopher Cimorelli.

https://www.projectneighbor.org/ | https://x.com/proneighbor |

Priests didn’t admit thieves into the Holy of Holies. So maybe you shouldn't let “Auntie Jean,” self-proclaimed atheist, eat at the kids' table. Jesus wouldn’t let robbers set up shop in the temple. So maybe don't invite Aaron, your Epicurean stock trading neighbor, over to have a beer in the garage. Who you are inviting into your home may be calling into question your family’s values and undermining your authority. Time to take stock.

In this episode, Chris and Kyle wrestle with a different side to homemaking: hosting outside influences. To build a Christian home, parents have to keep the serpent out of the garden. That might involve restricting relationships and discriminating against who we let walk our halls and sit down on our couches. We have to balance the commission to evangelize, be hospitable, and have compassion with prudence and principle. But that takes prudence and principle.

Welcome to another episode of Two Pour Spirits.

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Two Pour Spirits is a podcast of Project : Neighbor. Project : Neighbor is a theological think tank and spiritual training ground for the Church and the common good. We think theologically about everything from soil to sky, and disciple believers from crib to casket. We draw widely from the catholic Christian tradition, are ecumenically-oriented, and practically-minded.

Project : Neighbor is co-directed by Kyle David Bennett and Christopher Cimorelli.

https://www.projectneighbor.org/ | https://x.com/proneighbor |

It's not a hotel—just a place to sleep. It's not a cave either—a place to get away from the crowd, from nuisance. It's also more than a box with meaningful memories and memorabilia. Your home is an extension of your body, and your body is not your own, but belongs to Christ. So your house belongs to Christ. So what are you doing with it? Witnessing to Him and blessing your neighbors? Good.

In this episode, Chris and Kyle mull over a Christian view of the home and homemaking. Whether you live in a house, dorm, condo, nook, treehouse, or your car, you should have a covenantal vision and mission of the home: a place where pockets of God’s people remember what He has done and worship Him—building altars and liturgies within each and every room.

Welcome to another episode of Two Pour Spirits.

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Two Pour Spirits is a podcast of Project : Neighbor. Project : Neighbor is a theological think tank and spiritual training ground for the Church and the common good. We think theologically about everything from soil to sky, and disciple believers from crib to casket. We draw widely from the catholic Christian tradition, are ecumenically-oriented, and practically-minded.

Project : Neighbor is co-directed by Kyle David Bennett and Christopher Cimorelli.

https://www.projectneighbor.org/ | https://x.com/proneighbor |

You have to know their middle name. And maybe not what they ate for dinner last night, but definitely what makes them tick and irks them. And their birthday. And the names of their kids, if they have any. And a willingness to say, “I can’t do this on my own. I need your help.” You earnestly want to read their book and you would willingly lay down your life for them.

In this episode, Chris and Kyle ruminate on friendship, and reflect on their decade+ of friendship. It’s a friendship of familiarity, trust, reliability, and relatability. They say, the face of a friend will make your cheeks stretch and their voice will make your neck turn. You’ll even give them the garage code to check on the plants while you’re away. You kinda love them.

Welcome to another episode of Two Pour Spirits.

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Two Pour Spirits is a podcast of Project : Neighbor. Project : Neighbor is a theological think tank and spiritual training ground for the Church and the common good. We think theologically about everything from soil to sky, and disciple believers from crib to casket. We draw widely from the catholic Christian tradition, are ecumenically-oriented, and practically-minded.

Project : Neighbor is co-directed by Kyle David Bennett and Christopher Cimorelli.

https://www.projectneighbor.org/ | https://x.com/proneighbor |

A Christian marriage and family is good for our neighbors, not just for us and our spouses and kids. It witnesses to a coming Kingdom full of covenantal communion, not leftovers of rotten relationships. A Kingdom full of trust and hope, not loss, disappointment, or shame. A Kingdom of neighboring, and the best kind of space and room, in which we find sacrifice, security, and fulfillment.

In this episode, Chris and Kyle discuss how family practices bear on the neighborhood. Whether it’s walking with the kids, holding hands in the backyard, cleaning the porch, shoveling the neighbor’s driveway, or picking up litter, your family can bless your neighbors and witness to Christ. Our Triune God, the Original Neighbor, has shown us the pattern. All we have to do is follow.

Welcome to another episode of Two Pour Spirits.

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Two Pour Spirits is a podcast of Project : Neighbor.

Project : Neighbor is a theological think tank and spiritual training ground for the Church and the common good. We think theologically about everything from soil to sky, and disciple believers from crib to casket. We draw widely from the catholic Christian tradition, are ecumenically-oriented, and practically-minded.

Project : Neighbor is co-directed by Kyle David Bennett and Christopher Cimorelli.

https://www.projectneighbor.org/ | https://x.com/proneighbor |

Our children are not our own. They look like us, and talk like us, but they aren’t ours. They are a heritage from the Lord (Psalm 127:3). They are good gifts from God that have been entrusted to us to raise and steward. Culture doesn’t see it this way. Having children is a choice that, for some, “is not for me.” Children are seen as ornaments or accoutrements.

In this episode, Chris and Kyle press the point. They discuss the obligation to have kids (if you can), the pitfalls and selfishness of careerism, how children are good for society and the church, and how Christian parents shouldn’t see their children as pounds of flesh waiting to become rational adults. They already are image-bearers; they already offer so much to society, the church, and the family.

Welcome to another episode of Two Pour Spirits.

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Two Pour Spirits is a podcast of Project : Neighbor.

Project : Neighbor is a theological think tank and spiritual training ground for the Church and the common good. We think theologically about everything from soil to sky, and disciple believers from crib to casket. We draw widely from the catholic Christian tradition, are ecumenically-oriented, and practically-minded.

Project : Neighbor is co-directed by Kyle David Bennett and Christopher Cimorelli.

https://www.projectneighbor.org/ | https://x.com/proneighbor |

We like to hide our feelings in our hunger. To get lost in our craving. Until we indulge it in consumption. But that’s when we come up short. We come up empty. Consumption doesn’t work. Strolling through the store doesn’t make us happy—it makes the insatiable even more uncomfortable. Don’t let your “negative” emotions march you down to the hell of capricious indulgence. Fill your heart with what can fill it.

In this “excast” (excursus podcast) episode of Two Pour Spirits, Chris and Kyle talk about consumerism and our cultural craving to be full. Why do we willingly introduce our desires to things that we know won’t hit the spot? We are built to have full bellies, but why do we fill them with all the wrong things? Why do we feel compelled to want something when we have everything? The curse hits harder than we think.

Welcome to Two Pour Spirits.

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Two Pour Spirits is a podcast of Project : Neighbor.

Project : Neighbor is a theological think tank and spiritual training ground for the Church and the common good. We think theologically about everything from soil to sky, and disciple believers from crib to casket. We draw widely from the catholic Christian tradition, are ecumenically-oriented, and practically-minded.

Project : Neighbor is co-directed by Kyle David Bennett and Christopher Cimorelli.

https://www.projectneighbor.org/ | https://x.com/proneighbor |