Talking Notes

There is a lot of talk about polarization and division. In times of extreme division a vision of extreme unity may help provide balance. This is exactly what is explored in this episode.

LINKS: Starts With Us, Braver Angels, Gangstagrass, Cats Paying Dues.

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In this episode I explore what the current Amazon Prime Video series Reacher, the arts, and faith have to do with one another. Or said another way, I comment on an Acton Institute article and a minor controversy around the show.

LINKS: this article by Acton Institute, Ritchson's YouTube channel, The Acton Institute website, being mostly at war, Ritchson's response video.

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In episode I explore the experience of hanging with older tap dancers, my predisposition to 100% cranberry juice (and none of the mixed cocktail variations), and what drinking from the root is like.

LINKS: The movie TAP, the challenge scene, Gregory Hines, bringing each other into our worlds, Asking the Questions.

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What does our own acknowledge or agreement with regards to authority (spiritual or otherwise) have to do with our experience of life? The episode explores this questions dipping into the areas of language, immersion, apprenticeship, and inspired by John Lennox.

LINKS: Getty Music’s Sing Conference, John Lennox, an example of exploring different worldviews, and how language has a lot to do with how with think.

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Abstraction is attractive and a place where artists play. Yet, it is also a detriment to the kind of connection required for trust...even love. I explore in this episode.

LINKS: Foo Fighter’s performance of “My Hero” with Shane Hawkins, Simon Sinek, in his book, Leaders Eat Last.

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This episode I explore the idea that our language can affect our thinking which in turn affects how we organize our life. If this is true, than we can hack our language to shift our thinking. I share a trick I've used.

LINKS: the nature of language, Kevin Adler, Miracle Messages.

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Change is at the core of life. We all witness change in the physical sense as we grow. We experience the shifts in relationship to others and the world around us as we live. Change is everywhere, and for many it is a thing to be avoided. We may yearn for a sense of stability – and confuse it with sameness. The person or community that works towards and sustains a transformational core, functions in a different paradigm. I explore exactly that in this episode.

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How does solitude and hiding help make us into better kinds of people? This is the question I explore in this week's note – from practical strategies for hiding, expectations of what might happen, and what we might come up against as we try.

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Exploring how a particular presentation of reality should be enough to elicit a response. Spoken plainly and simply, a description of the life with God just might be enough to make a change. Dallas Willard thought so...here I explore.

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An exploration of how falling in love is the quickest and easiest way to transform a life.

LINKS: C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves, the communal nature of people.

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