Keith Watts can hush a room with the beauty and power of his singing voice--but he's spent a lifetime silencing himself. As an Enneagram four, Keith knows how complicated life--and his own feelings about it--can be. In this final installment on our Enneagram series, Keith talks about how he has navigated the beauty and complexity of being a biracial gay man in church leadership, and shares some of the music that has come out of his story.

You can find more of Keith's music at https://www.keithwattsmusic.com/

Special thanks to Kirstin Hernandez, Chelsea Boniak, and Tony Doerr for becoming supporters of Shelter in Place. You can find all five of Anthony Doerr's marvelous books at http://anthonydoerr.com/.

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Micheline Aharonian Marcom has been writing beautiful, courageous, award-winning novels for over twenty years. Her latest book, The New American, comes out next month. One of the great gifts she has given to her students is to teach them to write with courage, too. On today's Story Saturday, Laura reflects on why the lessons Micheline taught her more than fourteen years ago are still with her today, and what she continues to learn from Micheline about our capacity for courage.

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Sevens are often referred to as "the fun number" on the Enneagram. But their continual search for contentment through the next great experience can also make them scattered and unreliable. Oakland pastor Marco Ambriz, who calls himself "a hard seven," has learned how to lean on others and slow down, turning his weaknesses into strengths.

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In the age of Malala and Greta Thunberg, young people are leading the charge on changing our world. Sanjna Selvarajan, today's Enneagram 3, is a great example. She's lived and traveled all over the world as a documentary filmmaker, photographer, writer, and podcaster--and she's still in college! Sanjna shares what it's been like to return home to Malaysia during this pandemic and examine her role as an activist and artist from afar, and why she has hope that things in the future can change.

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The Enneagram type 1 is often referred to as “the reformer” because with their strong sense of ethics and their core desire of having integrity and balance, 1s see that things can always be better--and they know how to make that happen. Jana Riess is an author, editor, and scholar who has been thinking about the Enneagram for a long time--including editing two books about it. As she shelters in place, she sees a lot about our world that needs reforming. But what she needs most are the small moments of human connection that keep her going in the day to day.

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Read more about Jana and her work at https://janariess.com/.

Since 2008, Jana Riess has been an editor in the publishing industry, primarily working in the areas of religion, history, popular culture, ethics, and biblical studies. From 1999 to 2008, she was the Religion Book Review Editor for Publishers Weekly, and continues to write freelance reviews for PW as well as other publications.

She holds degrees in religion from Wellesley College and Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in American religious history from Columbia University. She is the author or co-author of many books, including The Prayer Wheel; Flunking Sainthood; What Would Buffy Do?; Mormonism for Dummies; and The Writer’s Market Guide to Getting Published. Her book The Twible: All the Chapters of the Bible in 140 Characters or Less . . . . Now with 68% More Humor! won first place in the non-fiction category in the Writer’s Digest Annual Self-Published Book Awards. Her book The Next Mormons: The Rising Generation of Latter-day Saints will be released in March 2019 from Oxford University Press. She is a senior columnist for Religion News Service.

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Enneagram sixes are more aware of how uncertain life is than most of us. In any given situation, they’ve probably thought through the worst case scenario--but that doesn’t mean that they’re never taken by surprise. In today's episode, Shea Gilbert talks about how this time of sheltering in place has reminded her of another time in her life when life felt uncertain, when she was diagnosed with cancer.

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The Enneagram 5 is often described as "the investigator." Musician and audio editor Erica Huang was born and raised in New York, and during this time she's seen her city go from isolation to community. As she grapples with what the challenges of a pandemic world, she envisions a future that keeps us safe without keeping us apart.

You can find more of Erica's work at https://www.erica-huang.com/. Erica Huang is a musician, audio editor, podcast producer, and actor, known for Rescue Me (2004), Little Einsteins: Our Big Huge Adventure (2005) and Cyberchase (2002).

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Elmer Yazzie grew up on the Navaho reservation in New Mexico, and was the son of a translator for the "white missionary." In today's Story Saturday, he shares a nuanced view of his people's history, and a vision for the future that prioritizes community and courage.

You can read more about Elmer Yazzie here, and see photos of his art at laurajoycedavis.com/podcast.

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The Enneagram 9 is often called "the Peacemaker." 9s are so skilled at creating harmony that we often don't even notice they're doing it. The challenge for 9s is to do what they're good at without avoiding the chaotic parts of life. Samantha Lee is a third-grade teacher and mom of three kids, and has lived in Oakland for a long time. But as someone who came to this country as a teenager, she knows just how hard it can be to find peace in a changing world.

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For over 40 years, Dr. Jose Luis Sanchez has been working in infectious disease epidemiology, outbreak investigation, and applied biomedical research. In today's episode, he answers questions about COVID-19, including whether or not we should schedule that summer travel, and why the virus has hit some populations so much harder than others.

Disclaimer: It should also be clear that Jose is not representing the Department of Defense or the US military establishment and that his opinions are only those from his personal/professional standpoint. In this way, he cannot be held liable or in violation of any DoD/US military statutes or regulations that he may not agree with or be held liable or in contempt in any way when he mentioned that this country should be moving to have a "Health Care Act" akin to the Social Security Act, which enables all Americans to have equitable and high-quality access to medical care.

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