Skeletons Have a Hard Time in the Arizona Desert: Chris Walks to Memorial Sites of Migrant Remains

Shayna sends Chris on assignment to the borderlands near Nogales, Arizona. Chris brings back audio of a hike into the desert, to sites where migrant remains were found.

No vision of God’s dream for the world would include these deaths. So what are we missing? It’s complicated, but the lack of moral imagination is one thing.

Our show pushes back against the unexamined, often unconscious ways that we frame public questions using political or economic modes of thinking. We aim to be part of a growing association of people who are critical of the narrowness of political and economic categories, and who want to revive a vision of human flourishing that is grounded in the wisdoms of theological and moral philosophical tradition. We see these habits and ways of thinking as being pre-political, and foundational to a healthy and civil shared life in families, communities, economies, and polities.

In short, we want to create a community that is grounded in curiosity, going deep, and shining light.

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Here are timecodes to help you navigate through today’s show:

01:35     Chris shares a dream he had one night recently. Is dreaming one everyone has in common?

04:48     If you want a primer on US immigration laws, go to You Tube and search for Alyson Ball and immigration. If you want more information on migrant deaths in the desert, go to humaneborders.org

06:32     What do you learn from Laurie’s orientation to the desert?

11:24     Can we construct a public, widely-shared morality, within the boundaries of a pluralistic and religiously neutral society, on the foundation of common humanity with those we categorize as “other?”

13:24     Transformation: what transformations are needed in our common life?

16:25     We pause for our once-yearly funding drive, and announce that we have an anonymous matching challenge grant, to the amount of $1000! Thank you for your generosity.