Gravity Commons Podcast

Matt and Ben continue reflecting on the process of leaving the white evangelical spaces they both came to faith in.

Show notes:

• Mako Nagasawa: Thinking More Clearly About Abortion
• On How I Left White Evangelicalism and How it Left Me
• Redefining the History and Historiography on American Evangelicalism in the Era of the Religious Right
• My Comments Last Night at the "Evangelicals for Harris" Online Event
• Trump has changed what it means to be evangelical

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Matt and Ben reflect on the process of leaving the white evangelical spaces they both came to faith in.

Show notes:

• On How I Left White Evangelicalism and How it Left Me
• Redefining the History and Historiography on American Evangelicalism in the Era of the Religious Right
• My Comments Last Night at the "Evangelicals for Harris" Online Event
• Trump has changed what it means to be evangelical

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We talk with pastor (and Gravity Commons Podcast co-host!) Christy Penley about how our emotions relate to living faithfully as disciples of Jesus (the subject of her doctoral dissertation).

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On the cusp of a new year, Christy talks with Ben and Matt about what it means to create a "rule of life" that is helpful and freeing, rather than burdensome.

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As the year draws to a close, Christy, Ben, and Matt open some Christmas gifts and talk about some of the "gifts" of 2024. Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Ben, Matt, and Christy continue their discussion from last week of a few post-election commitments that are crystalizing for them as they contemplate what it means to live as followers of Jesus in the coming season. Here are the commitments we discuss in this episode (listen to Part 1 for the ones at the beginning of the list):

1. Stay awake. Don’t numb your longing for the world to be made right.
2. Keep caring for one another.
3. Keep telling the truth about systems of injustice and evil.
4. Refuse contempt - don't let them get you to hate them.
5. Learn from the great cloud of witnesses.
6. Learn to organize in solidarity with the marginalized.
7. Learn to notice God at work in your ordinary life.
8. Get as healthy as you can so you’re not triggered into harmful ways of relating.

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Ben, Matt, and Christy discuss a few post-election commitments that are crystalizing for them as they contemplate what it means to live as followers of Jesus in the coming season. Here are the commitments we discuss in this episode (more coming in Part 2):

1. Stay awake. Don’t numb your longing for the world to be made right.
2. Keep caring for one another.
3. Keep telling the truth about systems of injustice and evil.
4. Refuse contempt - don't let them get you to hate them.
5. Learn from the great cloud of witnesses.
6. Learn to organize in solidarity with the marginalized.
7. Learn to notice God at work in your ordinary life.
8. Get as healthy as you can so you’re not triggered into harmful ways of relating.

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Matt and Ben reflect on a practical question from a listener on how to resist the power of Mammon in a specific situation.

Show Notes:

• Matt Tebbe on the Liminal Living Podcast
• Sheryllin Ifill's article on practical ways to respond to the election.

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Christy, Matt, and Ben discuss what they're learning about navigating difficult relationships during the holidays post-election.

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Christy, Matt, and Ben discuss the virtues of participating in book clubs, and some of the goodness that has emerged from the new Gravity Book Club. (We are selecting our next book right now, by the way!) Let us know what you think we should read and discuss together.

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