The Learner's Corner with Caleb Mason

In this episode, Caleb and Todd talk with Raffeal Sears about his journey as an actor, developing empathy, and the importance of advocating for yourself.

[Raffeal's website][1]

[Raffeal on Twitter][2]

[Raffeal on Instagram][3]

[Scene Study App][4]

[The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F--- by Mark Manson][5]

How Raffeal became interested in acting.

The impact acting has had on Raffeal's life.

You're going to eventually find yourself in whatever work you are doing.

Raffeal's process for getting a role and preparing for it.

How to get into the mind of your character.

If you want to advocate for your character you have to rid yourself of judgement of the character.

How to foster and develop different skills.

When you're passion about something, it haunts you until you do something about it.

Be an advocate for yourself.

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In this episode, Caleb and Todd talk with Robin DiAngelo about white fragility, why most people don't think of themselves as racist, why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism and more.

[Robin's website][1]

[White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo][2]

[BlacKKKlansman][3]

Why can white people be so defensive when it comes to talking about race.

Black people are the ultimate racial other in the white mind.

The challenges white people have when talking about racism.

Most white people don't understand their whiteness which means the can't understand non-whiteness.

We need to change the question from "If that was racist…" to "How was that racist?"

The hardest part of educating white people.

The most difficult part of dealing with her own racism for Robin.

How to use the repair skills for after you've said/done something racist.

How to confront someone about their racism

Why it's important to actively confront racism.

The definition of white fragility and how it came to be.

There are the producers of racist ideas and the consumers of racist ideas.

What white people can do to become less fragile.

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In this episode, Caleb and Todd talk with Knox McCoy about how pop culture impacted him and what we can learn from exploring pop culture.

Knox McCoy On Twitter

Knox McCoy On Instagram

The Wondering Years: How Pop Culture Helped Me Answer Life's Biggest Question

The Popcast With Knox and Jamie

The Bible Binge

Kanye West

Daredevil

Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

Foe by Iain Reid

Bodyguard

Succession

Billions

Homecoming

The Haunting of Hill House

Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss

Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss

The A.V. Club

UPROXX

The Ringer website

The Bill Simmons Podcast

Binge Mode

Coco

How pop culture has shaped Knox and his faith.

Pop culture is what's popular in culture.

We tend to think of the worst parts of culture.

Humor breaks down walls so truth can enter.

The positive and negative side of pop culture.

The benefits of staying in tune with culture.

Knox, Caleb, and Todd give their favorite items from pop culture right now.

Celebrities are starting to realize the power of their platforms and are driving people to do something.

Where Knox goes to learn about pop culture.

Readers are leaders.

Solve the problem before it become a problem.

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In this episode, Caleb talks with, spiritual director, Phileena Heuertz about how to practice contemplative spirituality.

Phileena's website

Phileena on Facebook

Phileena on Twitter

Phileena on Instagram

Mindful Silence by Phileena Heuertz

Gravity Center

Episode 44 with Christopher Heuertz

The Liturgists Podcast

The definition of contemplative spirituality.

How Phileena was introduced to contemplative spirituality.

Centering Prayer

Why there is resistance to silence, solitude, and stillness

The practice of Lectio Divina.

Let go and learn to say yes.

The dark night of the soul.

Where to begin implementing contemplative spirituality.

It's one thing to know in your mind and it's another thing to know with your entire being.

There is a relationship between centering prayer and the renewing of our mind.

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In this episode, Caleb and Todd talk with Sam Walker, The Wall Street Journal’s deputy editor for enterprise, about the greatest teams in sports' history and the captains who led them.

[Sam Walker on Twitter][1]

[Sam's website][2]

[The Captain Class by Sam Walker][3]

[Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors, and the Art of Sharing Power by Sam Walker][4]

[Legacy by James Kerr][5]

[Great at Work by Morten Hansen][6]

[The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone][7]

The best leaders and teams in sports right now.

Becoming great is a completely different process than sustaining greatness.

LeBron James as a captain.

Captains on sports teams don’t have to be superstar players and are sometimes role players.

Coaches aren't the one factor that make dynasties.

Captains don't like giving speeches.

There are two kinds of conflict: personal conflict and task conflict. All conflict is not the same.

When it comes to freakish success, lavish spending seems to have little to do with it.

The only measure of a team that sustains greatness is that it got through the really rough moments.

How people can apply the captain leadership style.

What teams are positioned to go on a run?

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In this episode, Caleb and Todd talk with Stuart Hall about how to become a student of culture.

[Stuart On Twitter][1]

[Stuart On Instagram][2]

[Influnsr][3]

[Influnsr On Twitter][4]

[Influnsr On Instagram][5]

[Episode 41 with Stuart Hall][6]

[The Miseducation of Cameron Post][7]

[Just A Phase Project][8]

[13 Reasons Why][9]

[American Vandal][10]

We are preparing teenagers for a world that no longer exists.

We don't want to tell teenagers what to think. We want to teach them how to think.

What made Stuart want to become a student of culture

I have no chance of impacting the next generation if I don't understand the culture of the next generation.

Why some people are resist to studying culture.

What communicates to a teenager that I take them seriously is that I understand their world. I can't expect them to understand my world.

Stuart's process for learning about culture.

Managing the tension between entertainment value and educational value.

"The most powerful person in a dark room is the one with the light." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Tokenism is wanting faces of color, but not voices of color."

To become better learners is to become incessant askers of questions.

Reading is the cheapest form of education.

It's easier to be different than better. Better is being the unique person God created you to be.

Professional/maturity is you being responsible with the gifts God has given you, being proactive and effective while being supervised.

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In this episode, Caleb and Todd talk with researchers, Janet Dean and Michael Lastoria, about a study of faith and sexual identity they conducted on Christian college campuses.

[Listening to Sexual Minorities by Mark Yarhouse, Janet Dean, Stephen Stratton, and Michael Lastoria][1]

[The Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity][2]

The background for the study of faith and sexual identity on Christian college campuses.

Friends and peers are the best and worst for these students.

Almost no students wanted the school change their policy, but they did want more help on what to do and not to do.

What was most surprising about their research.

Be intentionally relational. Be intentionally formative. Be intentionally secure.

We need to value persons even when our positions are in tension.

We have to live in the tension. Too often to eliminate the anxiety the tension brings, we eliminate the tension by moving to one side of the other.

We have to have a secure environment before students are comfortable engaging in the work of developing who they are.

It's hard to be challenged if you don't feel safe.

What they are learning currently about their research.

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In this episode, Caleb and Todd talk with Rich Perez, pastor of Christ Crucified Fellowship, about being a good neighbor, hospitality, the importance of place, and more.

Rich On Twitter

Rich On Instagram

Mi Casas Uptown

Santa Biblia: Reading the Bible Through Hispanic Eyes by Justo Gonzalez

Sometimes the reasons why things don't happen is timing.

What if familiarity didn't breed contempt?

God uses space and place to form you.

Our culture does not value space as much as other cultures.

What it means to be a good neighbor

Being a neighbor is being deeply involved in the lives of the people around you.

Hospitality and authenticity is our generation's apologetics.

How this works in politics

Move from listening to engaging. move from questions to action.

The questions Rich asks while reading the Bible.

In order to ask a good question, you have to be a better listener.

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In this episode, Caleb and Todd recap their trip to Catalyst Conference in Atlanta, GA and what they learned.

Catalyst

The Belonging Co.

The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile

Irresistible by Andy Stanley

The Bible for Grown-Ups

Reclaiming Irresistible Message

Episode 22 with Stephen Brewster

Episode 55 with Kevin Jennings

Episode 90 with Sarah Bragg

Episode 99 with Stephen Brewster

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In this episode, Caleb and Todd talk with Tom Shefchunas, Executive Director of Student Strategy at Orange, about his time leading multi-site middle school ministry at North Point Ministries', how to put strategy in place, and the importance of dealing with insecurity.

[Shef's website][1]

[Shef on Twitter][2]

[Rethinking Youth Ministry Podcast][3]

[Youth Specialties][4]

[Disrupt Yourself Podcast Episode 76 with David Blake][5]

What worked and didn't work for Shef in working in multi-site middle school ministry at North Point Ministries.

We had to choose between efficiency and leadership development.

Quit making statements and start asking questions.

Let values police decisions.

How to guide and form values

Strategy: a plan with an end in mind.

You have too much stuff to do in ministry so stop creating new things. Start refining them every year.

Everyone wonders why something didn’t work, but few people think about what did work.

Just because it didn't work didn’t mean it wasn’t a good idea.

If you're identity is in your leadership, you can't be a secure leader.

Sometimes I have to force myself to do something I don't want to do to prove that it will work without me.

Don't miss the lessons right in front of your face.

Quit taking sides on things that don't have sides.

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