Twelve Enough

Compassion of self can also lead to compassion of others. Listen to others.

Listen to yourself. Find compassion.

It is important to have a public space for people to express questions of

faith.

Writer and public theologian Adam Ericsksen joins Jonathan for a

conversation about false dichotomies in politics, Paul as a public

theologian in the book of Acts, and fun with sports and being naked...

sorta.

How do we mentor young people in their lives? Not just helping people make

good choices, but to live in such a way that calls you to be the kind of

person that God desires you to be. The role of the community is integral in

this process. One can grow on their own, but to have a community help

someone guide can make a big difference.

In this current political climate there is a lot to be angry about and

Pastor Jabulani McCalister joins Jonathan in expressing anger - but in a

kind a pastoral way. They also consider the role of the pastor in calling

people to embrace and live into their own spiritual gifts.

It is important for Christians to be involved in the world and to

understand the appropriate ways to be involved. It is important for people

to have a sense of what is ok and what would be crossing the line. Yet we

all need to be honest that there may be a time when that line needs to be

crossed and we need to know what it is that makes such a move important.

What we want to avoid is missing that important moment, that time when we

need to stand up and realize that we are too late in speaking and acting.

Schools sometimes close and sometimes they don't and sometimes they should

and sometimes they shouldn't. Luckily, this episode is about much more than

school closings, but a lot of time and energy is spent around this very

issue.

In essence, to be happy means to look beyond the physical, material things

and instead towards relationships. They can be relationships with family,

with the divine, but those positive relationships are the places where deep

purpose and happiness can be found.

When we ask for forgiveness we are bringing forward those messes in our

lives and hoping something new can come forward. Our faith calls us to give

our mess to God and to trust and find the new life that can come from what

we may regard as a mess but God may see as a possibility for new life.

Jamie Washam and Jonathan Malone have the first part of their conversation in this episode