Today we discuss the stresses of integrating into a new environment. How our country moved from two very distinct systemically divided cultures into one whole and how the stress of that still lingers today and is part of the upheaval that is currently around us. What is systemic racism? How much of it endures today? How should we see others in relationship to ourselves and how we should respond to what we see in society? How do we assimilate and become one Nation together again? What is working and what do we need to do to bring a healthy work moving forward?

Today we continue our discussion from last week and turn to the question of today’s push to pull down statues, desecrate graves, and rebrand products all in the name of cleansing all that is a reminder of the evils of our society. Do we have to burn down the past in order to move into a better future? We discuss the mob mentality that is destroying everything around us and the battle to have constructive conversations as well as make healthy progress toward a better country. Are there any real benefits to destroying every evil monument? Is there a better way? What’s the risk of burning it all down?

We are struggling with the idea of how we deal with the past in relationship to the upheaval that we are dealing with in today’s American culture. We discuss how people tolerated the belief that slavery was okay while still claiming to be Christians. Is that even possible? We look at the beliefs of some of our nation’s forefathers and the tensions that they lived in as they tried to forge a better world. How do we move ahead? What should be our focus?

Is this the apocalypse or just another turn of the historical wheel. Tonya and Greg look what comes up every time a little chaos comes along in history. We look at what king Solomon has to say on the subject and what we need to be mindful of as we approach the days ahead.

Greg and Tonya are back for another season of ask mom and dad.

Join us today as we spend time talking about the value of life, racial tensions, authority and whatever else comes up. Neither Tonya nor I sat down and decided beforehand what we wanted to say. Both of us have a heavy heart for the condition of our country. We are sincerely aware of the difficulty we face to have a constructive conversation that builds life because of the public rage that is out there. But we want to try. We hope that todays podcast will encourage you that we too are working though how to breath life into todays cultural battles. So we are taking through it.

Figuring out what it means to be on the right track.

We sit around and discuss what Thanksgiving means to us and other weird stuff.

Greg and Tonya discuss the meaning of Emotional Support. The differences between men and women and what it means to learn to speak the language of your mate.

The second podcast in a series about authenticity.