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In this episode, Fawn Ellerbrook sits down with Time Moore and Josh Earls to talk about friendly discourse, humility and the ability to change our minds.

How do you feel when faced with an opinion that’s different than yours? Even more so, when you’re faced with a person passionately advocating for an idea that you passionately think is wrong with a capital W? The truth is, people who think differently than us - even on the things that matter most to us - They’re not the enemy.  So, How do we practice friendly discourse and keep open minds without abandoning our core beliefs? How do we cultivate the ability to challenge our own perspectives in a way that strengthens us and our community in the end?

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Table of Contents
00:00 Welcome & Episode Overview

01:55 Are we really that divided?

06:50 The Sacred & Secular

09:30 The importance of relationships

11:30 People are not enemies

14:20 Friendly Discourse & Technology

21:12 We're going to figure this out

22:55 Be respectful of authority

25:53 How do you allow yourself to change over the years?

28:00 Is success seasonal?

29:25 The power of admitting you're wrong

33:30 Seeing the humanity in one another 

37:00 Why it's hard to believe the best about people we don't have a relationship with

40:00 We all have triggers

42:40 Our personal experiences with anxiety and depression

51:00 Anxiety, trust, & our relationship with God

1:00:10 Thinking critically & core convictions

1:03:12 Jesus is Truth

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