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A Jesuit priest famous for his gang intervention programs in Los Angeles, Father Greg Boyle makes winsome connections between service and delight, compassion and awe. He heads Homeboy Industries, which employs former gang members in a constellation of businesses. This is not work of helping, he says, but of finding kinship. The point of Christian service, as he lives it, is about “our common calling to delight in one another.” (Original Air Date: February 26, 2013)
About the Guest:
Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, California. His books include “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” and “Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship.”
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A Jesuit priest famous for his gang intervention programs in Los Angeles, Father Greg Boyle makes winsome connections between service and delight, compassion and awe. He heads Homeboy Industries, which employs former gang members in a constellation of businesses. This is not work of helping, he says, but of finding kinship. The point of Christian service, as he lives it, is about “our common calling to delight in one another.” (Original Air Date: February 26, 2013)
About the Guest:
Greg Boyle is a Jesuit priest and the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, California. His books include “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” and “Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship.”
Visit our website to read the transcript, download the episode, or listen to the unedited interview: onbeing.org/programs/greg-boyle-the-calling-of-delight-gangs-service-and-kinship-nov2017
Visit our On Being Classics Library, where this episode is featured:
onbeing.org/libraries/classics
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Twitter: twitter.com/onbeing
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Newsletter: onbeing.org/newsletter
OUR PODCASTS
On Being with Krista Tippett: onbeing.org/series/podcast
This Movie Changed Me: onbeing.org/series/this-movie-changed-me
Becoming Wise: onbeing.org/series/becoming-wise
