Morning Mike Check

Taking cultural capital seriously changed the trajectory of my life and helped me discover a new frame in which I can live out my faith. I thought it might be helpful for Mike and I to revisit this idea, for our audience as well as for me personally. This is a complex topic with many layers. Mike and I will be pulling those layers apart over the next few weeks.

This is the final part in our series and I spent some time recapping my experience following Mike down this rabbit hole of cultural capital. This episode became a good example of what Mike calls “scripting”. As I tease out my experience, Mike picked up on a specific word choice I used and we spent time unpacking the non-conscious influences shaping that word choice. It’s an example of the regular conversations Mike and I enjoy.

Books mentioned in this episode:

Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach To Fun on the Job – Dennis W. Bakke

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America – Louis Menand

The Master and His Emissary – Iain McGilchrist

Taking cultural capital seriously changed the trajectory of my life and helped me discover a new frame in which I can live out my faith. I thought it might be helpful for Mike and I to revisit this idea, for our audience as well as for me personally. This is a complex topic with many layers. Mike and I will be pulling those layers apart over the next few weeks.

During part 3 of this series, Mike and I spend some time noting a few examples of individuals who have taken cultural capital seriously.

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind – Mark A. Noll

Taking cultural capital seriously changed the trajectory of my life and helped me discover a new frame in which I can live out my faith. I thought it might be helpful for Mike and I to revisit this idea, for our audience as well as for me personally. This is a complex topic with many layers. Mike and I will be pulling those layers apart over the next few weeks.

In part 2 of this series, we continue to drift this topic, hitting on how daunting of a task it can feel when you start to take cultural capital seriously and how it is not about “reclaiming America” or fighting culture wars.

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Taking cultural capital seriously changed the trajectory of my life and helped me discover a new frame in which I can live out my faith. I thought it might be helpful for Mike and I to revisit this idea, for our audience as well as for me personally. This is a complex topic with many layers. Mike and I will be pulling those layers apart over the next few weeks.

I’ve heard the phrase “false narrative” a few times now and it’s stood out to me for some reason. I pick Mike’s brain on why. Is “false witness” a better phrasing?

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History – Rodney Stark

With the recent Roe v. Wade leak, my question to Mike is simple. How do we make sense of or read the times?

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Many of us loved playing video games as a kid. Now that we’ve all grown up, we still play. A lot. In this episode Mike and I talk about video games and the significant use of them common among grown men today.

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Divorce feels more common among my personal relationships as I see friends or friends of friends begin to contemplate its possibility in their lives. My question to Mike was simply, “how do I help”. In this episode Mike and I talk about divorce, marriage, and what it all has to do with the marital gospel.

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In light of the Lenten season, Mike and I talk about fasting. We discuss topics like why and how should we fast as well as fasting’s connection to silence and solitude.

There’s a lot to comprehend with the invasion of Ukraine. What’s the motivation behind it, what are the global politics involved in it, how do we respond to it as a nation and as individuals. In this episode, Mike tackle’s some of those questions and sheds light on how we could respond as believers.

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