As you’ll hear in this short letter from me to you, I am a little nervous about next week’s episode. It’s a conversation between a pro-life conservative named April Lawson and a pro-choice liberal (named Kelly Corrigan). I wanted to take a minute before the episode hits the feed to explain why I did this and to ask you for a wide berth, both for me and for my guest, as we dare to let down our guards and have a heart to heart about reproductive rights. It’s our attempt to model respectful conversations where the differences are vast.

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Check out the episodes from our Rupture + Repair series:

Going Deep with Mónica Guzmán on Making Family Work

Going Deep with Drs. Julie and John Gottman on Fighting Right

Going Deep with Manu Meel on Making College Work

Going Deep with Simon Greer on Making Faith Work

Going Deep with April Lawson on Reproductive Rights

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Every so often, Kelly Corrigan Wonders will make space in our feed for someone else’s podcast. In this case, Kelly is sharing an episode of the podcast Love Letters. Today’s episode is called “Find Your People” and is the story of Ray and Maria who met at a summer camp, and how they affected one another’s lives. Enjoy. To receive a short set of our weekly takeaways in your email, sign up here.

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Is it really possible to talk lovingly and openly, face to face, with someone who thinks you’re going to hell? It better be because when true believers of various faiths come together, big hard things are going to be said. My guest is knee deep in this kind of work. Simon Greer tells us the story of spending 3 weeks in conversation with Oberlin students and evangelicals from Spring Arbor University. His experiences hold many answers for how we, as Americans, might be able to actually know and understand one another. An excellent conversation to share with your most faithful friends.

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Link to the short film featuring Simon’s conversation with Evangelical Christian Elizabeth Stewart: https://www.interfaithamerica.org/resources/differences-student-story/

Check out the other episodes from our Rupture + Repair series:

Going Deep with Mónica Guzmán on Making Family Work

Going Deep with Drs. Julie and John Gottman on Fighting Right

Going Deep with Manu Meel on Making College Work

Going Deep with April Lawson on Reproductive Rights

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Carter paints a vivid picture of her popular Baltimore mom Sally who always gave back and had plenty of love to spare. Whether it was founding an organization to help others, sitting on a board, creating the best Christmas ever or simply spreading love and joy to her family and beyond, Sally was a force for good. (Previously aired)

Please note: because this is a “previously aired” episode, next Tuesday’s Kelly Corrigan Wonders will not feature Kate Bowler as referenced at the end of the episode. It will be Kelly’s interview with Simon Greer as a part of our Rupture + Repair series.

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I spent about an hour with Matthew McConaughey in Bentonville AR at The Heartland Summit. We talked about acting, of course, but he really sat up straight when I started asking him about gun safety. He and his wife, Camila, are deeply invested in the issue and I am happy to share that progress is being made. So enjoy this conversation and share with folks who care about school safety or just have a big crush on Matthew.

Special thanks to my friends at Heartland Forward and to Matthew for his work on the Greenlights Grant Initiative.

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Manu Meel is helping college kids talk to each other — inside and outside of classes, individually and in groups, in person and online — about all kinds of important issues where there is a lot of disagreement. He is also as positive and bright as any guest we’ve ever had.

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Check out the other episodes from our Rupture + Repair series:

Going Deep with Mónica Guzmán on Making Family Work

Going Deep with Drs. Julie and John Gottman on Fighting Right

Going Deep with Simon Greer on Making Faith Work

Going Deep with April Lawson on Reproductive Rights

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Today’s Thanks For Being Here is a eulogy written by Kelly’s dear friend Tracy Tuttle McGowan for her mother Michele White. Michele was someone who lived life in the ready position, a scout always on the lookout for any way she could make the day overflow with wonder. A lover of travel, she particularly appreciated all things French and embodied “joie de vivre”. Michele walked through life wowed by beauty and made it her business on every occasion, and in all surroundings, to make things more lovely.

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Life is more often in between than high and low. We are also usually somewhere between our very best self and our very worst. We know this but it helps to reflect on that fairly frequently. Here’s a few blessings from Kate Bowler’s new book, Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day.

Previous conversations with Kate:

Everything Happens for a Reason with Kate Bowler

Cycling Through All the Emotions with Kate Bowler and Arthur C. Brooks

Looking Back with Kate Bowler at the Truly Crappy

Looking Back with Kate Bowler at All Things Happy

Claire Danes and Kate Bowler Book Clubbing with Kelly Part 1

Claire Danes and Kate Bowler Book Clubbing with Kelly Part 2

Claire Danes and Kate Bowler Book Clubbing with Kelly Part 3

Go To on Grief

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Doctors Julie Schwartz Gottman and John Gottman are probably the world’s reigning experts on relationships. They are well into their 5th decade of research that reveals why we treat each other as we do and how a few small but essential adjustments to our everyday patterns could change our relationships for the better. Everything we talked about is applicable across the board - from couples to parents and children and all the people we work with. We predict this will be our most shared episode of 2024. Enjoy.

Check out the Gottman's’ new book: Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

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Kirsten’s dad Tom was beloved by his kids and grandkids (one of whom couldn’t pronounce the letter “T”, resulting in the nickname Papa Fom). Tom was a man who loved the simple pleasures in life: playing and winning various games, flying balsa wood planes with his family, joking around, drawing and painting, eating candy, playing “house” and “school” with his grandkids or letting them climb all the way up his body to stand on his shoulders. He really loved the little things and everyday moments were his favorites. (Previously aired)

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